Title | Oxalate Metabolism in Relation to Urinary Stone [electronic resource] / edited by G. Alan Rose |
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Imprint | London : Springer London, 1988 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1626-4 |
Descript | XVI, 197 p. online resource |
1 Introduction -- Plasma Oxalate/Creatinine Ratio -- Renal Hyperoxaluria? -- 2 Assay of Oxalate and Glycollate in Urine -- Relevant Chemistry of Oxalate and Glycollate Anions -- Assaying of Oxalate in Urine -- Assaying for Urinary Glycollate -- Usefulness of Urinary Glycollate in Determining the Origin of Hyperoxaluria -- Summary -- 3 Experiences with an External Quality Assessment Scheme for Urinary Oxalate -- Urinary Oxalate Assay โ the Need for External Quahty Assessment -- Organisation of the Quality Assessment Scheme -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- 4 Assaying of Oxalate in Plasma -- Plasma-Oxalate Determination -- Assaying of Plasma Oxalate at St Peterโs Hospitals (London) -- Plasma Oxalate Levels in Normal and some Pathological States. Clinical Usefulness of Plasma Oxalate -- Circadian Variation of Plasma Oxalate. Implications for zxOxalate Clearance -- Conclusions and Summary -- 5 Primary Hyperoxaluria -- Clinical Aspects -- Biochemistry -- Investigation and Evaluation of Patients with Primary Hyperoxaluria -- Treatment -- 6 Primary Hyperoxaluria in Children -- Clinical Features -- Biochemical Features -- Progress -- Treatment -- The Future -- 7 Enteric and Other Secondary Hyperoxalurias -- Oxalate Metabolism and Secondary Hyperoxaluria -- Pathogenesis of Enteric Hyperoxaluria -- Clinical Importance of Enteric Hyperoxaluria -- Treatment of Enteric Hyperoxaluria -- Summary -- 8 Mild Metabolic Hyperoxaluria. A New Syndrome -- Historical -- Clinical Details of Patients -- Link with Other Conditions -- Response to Pyridoxine -- Aetiology -- Have Others Seen MMH? -- Effect of Pyridoxine on Stone Formation -- 9 Oxalate Crystalluria -- Crystal Types Seen by Light Microscopy at 37ยฐC -- Investigating Crystalluria -- Inducing Crystallisation -- Generating Crystals by Evaporation -- Quantitative Crystal Measurements -- Chemical Analysis of Urinary Crystals -- Recent Studies of Crystalluria -- Crystal Sizes -- โErodedโ Envelope Oxalate Crystals -- The Importance of Urinary Oxalate in Calcium Oxalate Crystalluria -- Microscopy of Urinary Oxalate Crystals -- Aggregation of Envelope Oxalate Crystals -- Role of Urinary Calcium Concentration in Oxalate Crystalluria -- Urine Osmolality and Calcium Oxalate Crystalluria -- Osmolality and Calcium Phosphate Crystalluria -- pH Effects on Crystalluria -- Inhibitors of Calcium Oxalate Crystallisation -- Summary -- 10 Renal Failure and Transplantation in Primary Hyperoxaluria -- Clinical Aspects -- Systemic Oxalosis -- Peritoneal Dialysis and Haemodialysis -- Renal Transplantation -- Combined Hepatic and Renal Transplantation -- Conclusion -- 11 Vitamin B6 Metabolism in Relation to Metabolic Hyperoxaluria -- Methods for Studying Pyridoxine Metabolism -- Evaluation of Plasma Vitamin B6 Methods -- Physiology of Pyridoxine