hyperoxaluria
Sign in to saveHyperoxaluria is an excessive urinary excretion of oxalate. Individuals with hyperoxaluria often have calcium oxalate kidney stones. It is sometimes called '''Bird's disease''', after Golding Bird, who first described the condition.
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Research
3,729 papers- Pathophysiology and Management of Hyperoxaluria and Oxalate Nephropathy: A Review.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2022
- Hyperoxaluria: Diagnosis and Treatment.The Urologic clinics of North America · 2025
- Hyperoxaluria - A Major Metabolic Risk for Kidney Stone Disease.Rhode Island medical journal (2013) · 2023
- Primary hyperoxaluria.The New England journal of medicine · 2013
- Pathophysiology and management of enteric hyperoxaluria.Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hyperoxaluria is an excessive urinary excretion of oxalate. Individuals with hyperoxaluria often have calcium oxalate kidney stones. It is sometimes called '''Bird's disease''', after Golding Bird, who first described the condition.
==Causes== Hyperoxaluria can be primary (as a result of a genetic defect) or secondary to another disease process.
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