Journal article
Mineral precipitation and dissolution in the kidney
American Mineralogist, Vol.102(4), pp.701-710
2017
Abstract
The formation of kidney stones is a significant human health problem. Calcium minerals are involved in a majority of these stones. Despite much research, the processes involved in stone formation remain poorly understood and, hence, reliable procedures for preventing their formation have yet to be developed. However, recent advances point to some key steps in mineral formation and transformation involving calcium phosphates, which can help to illuminate these issues. A computer model has been developed to express the current status of literature data succinctly and to illustrate that computer modeling is a powerful tool for calculating mineral solubilities and for providing insight into the processes involved. Determining the nature of the initial solid phase of calcium phosphate formed is evidently important.
Details
- Title
- Mineral precipitation and dissolution in the kidney
- Authors/Creators
- M.G. Hill (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityE. Königsberger (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityP.M. May (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- American Mineralogist, Vol.102(4), pp.701-710
- Publisher
- Mineralogical Society of America
- Identifiers
- 991005544574707891
- Copyright
- © 2017 Mineralogical Society of America
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 1 Clinical & Life Sciences
- 1.243 Kidney Diseases
- 1.243.519 Urolithiasis
- Web Of Science research areas
- Geochemistry & Geophysics
- Mineralogy
- ESI research areas
- Geosciences