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STRUVITE CALCULUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
DEF

a urinary calculus composed of very pure ammoniomagnesium phosphate, forming the hard crystals known to mineralogists as struvite.

OBS

Plural: calculi or calculuses, according to WESEC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
CONT

[...] les calculs de struvite (phosphates ammoniaco-magnésiens) représentent environ 10 à 15 % des cas, survenant d'ailleurs dans des conditions très particulières, dans des lithiases rénales infectées avec urines alcalines.

OBS

struvite : Phosphate hydraté naturel de magnésium et d'ammonium, qui existe dans le guano, ainsi que dans certains calculs urinaires.

OBS

Fascicule 18104-A30, avril 1976, dans EMREI.

Spanish

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