?TRACE ELEMENT STUDIES IN UROLITHIASIS: PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON CALCIUM OXALATE AND MIXED CALCIUM OXALATE-HYDROXYAPATITE URINARY CALCULI

Authors

  • WILLIAM W.T MANSER PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280, Pakistan
  • M. QADIRUDDIN PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280, Pakistan
  • K. SHIRIN PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280, Pakistan
  • JAMSHEER TALATI PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280, Pakistan
  • AZHAR M. SYED PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280, Pakistan

Keywords:

Trace elements, Urolithiasis, Urinary calculi (CaOx and CaOx/APA).

Abstract

In this preliminary investigation, the levels of the trace elements copper, zinc, magnesium, lead, iron, aluminium,
nickel, chromium, sodium and potassium were estimated in seven calcium oxalate (CaOx) and six mixed calcium
oxalate-hydroxyapatite (CaOx/APA) urinary calculi. The results were compared with those from South Africa, Turkey
and Austria. Our mean results fortheCaOx and CaOx/APAcalculi were respectively, copper4.3, 7.15 ng/mg; zinc 141.8,
191.1; magnesium 18520,7203; lead 21.7, 15.5; iron 24.7, 78.35; aluminium 14.3,42.7; nickel 0.39, 0.85; chromium
1.52, 1.88; sodium 4057, 3260; potassium 200, 150ng/mg, Only for aluminium was the difference significant:
0.05>p>0.02.

Published

1995-01-23

How to Cite

MANSER, W. W., QADIRUDDIN, M., SHIRIN, K., TALATI, J., & SYED, A. M. (1995). ?TRACE ELEMENT STUDIES IN UROLITHIASIS: PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON CALCIUM OXALATE AND MIXED CALCIUM OXALATE-HYDROXYAPATITE URINARY CALCULI. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 38(1), 8–10. Retrieved from https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2423

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1 (1995): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles