Recurrent vesical calculi, hypercalciuria, and biochemical evidence of increased bone resorption in an adult male with paraplegia due to spinal cord injury: Is there a role for intermittent oral disodium etidronate therapy for prevention of calcium phosphate bladder stones?

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 269-277

  Vaidyanathan, S ^a,j   Watson, I D ^a   Jonsson, O ^b   Buczynski, A Z ^c   Grases, F ^d   Heilberg, I P ^e   Yasui, T ^f   Wyndaele, J J ^g   Tozawa, K ^f   Kohri, K ^f   Schurch, B ^h   Hughes, Pl ^a   Singh, G ⁱ   Soni, B M ^a   Sett, P ^a   Fraser, W D ⁱ  

^a District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Metropolitan Rehabilitation Centre   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j Regional Spinal Injuries Centre   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Calculi; Etidronate; Hypercalciuria; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CREATININE; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; ETIDRONIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER STONE; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STONE FORMATION; URINALYSIS; URINE CATHETER; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BONE RESORPTION; CALCIUM; ETIDRONIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER CALCULI; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 21044455601     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101713     Document Type: Article

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