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Eleven patients who had advanced renal failure associated with spinal cord injury were studied, and the majority exhibited hyperoxaluria, although none showed hypercalciuria. Urinary citrate was markedly reduced in all of the patients.
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Vaziri, N., Nikakhtar, B. & Gordon, S. Hyperoxaluria in chronic renal disease associated with spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord 20, 48–53 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1982.6
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