What is it about?
To examine the significance of the carbonation rate (CR) in carbonated apatite (carbapatite [CA]) stones and its relationships with the morphologic characteristics of CA and etiology. CA stones without struvite can result from metabolic disorders or urinary tract infection, but the latter etiologyis still debated. Infection stones caused by urea-splitting bacteria are made of CA admixed with struvite and exhibit a high CO32/PO4 3 ratio (CR).
Featured Image
Why is it important?
A close relationship was observed between the presence of bacterial imprints, indicative of past or current urinary tract infection, and both the presence of amorphous carbonated calcium phosphate g(or whitlockite) and a high CR of CA.
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Relationships Between Carbonation Rate of Carbapatite and Morphologic Characteristics of Calcium Phosphate Stones and Etiology, Urology, May 2009, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.12.049.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
