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Association between Randall’s plaque and calcifying nanoparticles

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Renal tubular epithelial cell injury and oxidative stress induce calcium oxalate crystal formation in mouse kidney

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Does smoking have any effect on urinary stone composition and the distribution of trace elements in urine and stones?

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Messenger RNA expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and interleukin-6 in stone-containing kidneys

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Morphological Conversion of Calcium Oxalate Crystals Into Stones Is Regulated by Osteopontin in Mouse Kidney

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Genome-Wide Analysis of Genes Related to Kidney Stone Formation and Elimination in the Calcium Oxalate Nephrolithiasis Model Mouse: Detection of Stone-Preventive Factors and Involvement of Macrophage Activity

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An active renal crystal clearance mechanism in rat and man

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Metabolic Syndrome and Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis

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Glyoxylate induces renal tubular cell injury and microstructural changes in experimental mouse

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