Calcium oxalate crystals are the most common cause of kidney stones — hard clumps of minerals and other substances that form in the kidneys. These crystals are made from oxalate — a substance found in ...

From the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Medical Services of the Peter Bent Brigham and Robert Breck Brigham hospitals. H. Ralph Schumacher, M.D. Research fellow in medicine, ...

Does higher urinary oxalate excretion predispose patients to kidney failure? Elevated levels of oxalate, a metabolite eliminated through the kidney, can be toxic. Oxalate nephropathy is characterized ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract • The chemistry, crystallography and ultrastructure of intracellular calcium oxalate deposits in the angiosperm, Dracaena sanderiana are ...

On Feb. 24, 2003, the manager of a cafeteria in Chicago contacted the city's Department of Health to report a spate of illnesses in people who had eaten at the facility three days earlier. Symptoms ...

Calcium is found inside the joints in the synovial fluid, which is a viscous fluid with an egg-white consistency, vital for reducing friction between the articular cartilage of synovial joints when ...