Silicate Urolithiasis during Long-Term Treatment with Zonisamide

Silicate urinary calculi are rare in humans, with an incidence of 0.2% of all urinary calculi. Most cases were related to excess ingestion of silicate, typically by taking magnesium trisilicate as an antacid for peptic ulcers over a long period of time; however, there also existed unrelated cases, w...

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Main Authors: Satoru Taguchi, Yorito Nose, Toshikazu Sato, Teruaki Kobayashi, Kanami Takaya, Akira Ishikawa, Yukio Homma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/629381