Ebook: Oxalate metabolism in relation to urinary stone

This volume presents an authoritative and up-to-date review of the analytical and clinical problems relating to oxalate, which is known to be an extremely important factor in the formation of calcium oxalate urinary stone. Information is provided on how to analyse oxalate and glycollate in blood and urine, upon the precision with which laboratories analyse oxalate in urine and upon the investigations and treatment of the various hypoxaluries including medical therapy and the role of kidney and liver transplantation. The relevance of oxalate crystalluria and vitamin B6 metabolism is also considered.;Introduction -- Assay of Oxalate and Glycollate in Urine -- Experiences with an External Quality Assessment Scheme for Urinary Oxalate -- Assaying of Oxalate in Plasma -- Primary Hyperoxaluria -- Primary Hyperoxaluria in Children -- Enteric and Other Secondary Hyperoxalurias -- Mild Metabolic Hyperoxaluria. A New Syndrome -- Oxalate Crystalluria -- Renal Failure and Transplantation in Primary Hyperoxaluria -- Vitamin B6 Metabolism in Relation to Metabolic Hyperoxaluria -- Subject Index.