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The Role of Lithium Carbonate and Lithium Citrate in Regulating Urinary Citrate Level and Preventing Nephrolithiasis

Background and purpose: Urinary Citrate is an inhibitor of Calcium oxalate stone formation. It is reabsorbed in the proximal kidney through sodium dicarboxylate co-transporters (NaDC-1, NaDC-3) present in the renal tubular epithelium. Lithium (Li) is a known potent inhibitor of these transporters. W...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Xiaobo, Aggarwal, Piyush, Li, Xiaoming, Oakman, Crystale, Wang, Zhiping, Rodriguez, Ronald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Master Publishing Group 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675140