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Kidney Stone Clinical Literature

UroCor LabsSM UroStoneSM Metabolic Stone Management System provides accurate stone identification and detects metabolic abnormalities responsible for additional stone formation. Below are journal articles from accredited sources that highlight some of these strategies.

"Experience indicates that recurrence can be lessened only by approximately 50% based on current knowledge and greater efforts are required to decrease this number. Most prospective trials do not prevent the disease and efforts are needed to know why stone formation occurs."
Citation highlighted from the Journal of Urology 1995;158:4-9

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"Comprehensive metabolic evaluation yields significantly more useful diagnostic information and allows implementation of a more specific therapeutic plan that limited metabolic evaluation for the recurrent calcium stone former."
Citation highlighted from the Journal of Urology 1999; 161:1449-1452.

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