Background: While the incidence of calcium urolithiasis increases, the precise mechanism of calcium oxalate stone formation is still controversial. Is the composition of a recurrent calcium oxalate stones always the same as previous ones? There are few reports that specifically address the question by study of sequential changes of the composition of recurrent calcium calculi.
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