?TRACE ELEMENT STUDIES IN UROLITHIASIS; PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON MIXED CALCIUM OXALATE-STRUVITE URINARY CALCULI

Authors

  • Azhar M Syed PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Off University Road, Karachi-75280,Pakistan
  • M Qadiruddin PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Off University Road, Karachi-75280,Pakistan
  • K Shirin PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Off University Road, Karachi-75280,Pakistan
  • W WT Manser Fatima Jinnah Dental College Karachi

Keywords:

Trace elements, Urinary calculi, Urolithiasis.

Abstract

In this study, the levels of the trace elements copper, zinc, lead, iron, aluminium, nickel, chromium along with magnesium,
sodium and potassium were estimated in fifteen mixed calcium oxalate-struvite (CaOxiSTR) urinary stones. The mean
values of the combined results were, copper 4.24, zinc 1302.10, lead 23.25, iron 36.48, aluminium 28.83, nickel 0.69,
chromium 1.93, magnesium 4530441, sodium 54.13 and potassium 5.93 ng mg·l . It was observed that zinc, aluminium and
potassium levels were higher than in.calcium oxalate (CaOx) calculi 0.05 ;; P> 0.02 and potassium levels were higher than
in mixed calcium oxalate-hydroxyapatite (CaOxi APA)calculi, P <0.01. A combination of all the results was also compared
with similar data from South Africa, Turkey, Austria, India, U.S.A. and Japan.

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Published

1999-10-18

How to Cite

Syed, A. M., Qadiruddin, M., Shirin, K., & Manser, W. W. (1999). ?TRACE ELEMENT STUDIES IN UROLITHIASIS; PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON MIXED CALCIUM OXALATE-STRUVITE URINARY CALCULI. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 42(5), 211–214. Retrieved from http://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2160

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 5 (1999): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

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