Dominique Bazin

Emmanuel Letavernier

Jean-Philippe Haymann

Michel Daudon

Vincent Frochot

Bazin, dominique

Frochot, Vincent

Haymann, Jean-Philippe

Letavernier, Emmanuel

Daudon, Michel

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Crystal size in μ crystalline pathologies and its clinical implication

Chemical composition is not the only information establishing a significant link between kidney stones and the pathology which induces urolithiasis. Structural parameters such as morphology and crystal and crystallite size are also of primary importance. In this contribution, we would like to assess the relationship of crystal size of different chemical phases with the pathology underlying such calcifications. Based on literature as well as on some of our measurements, we will appreciate the value of this structural parameter for different crystalline species in various clinical or biological conditions and in helping the clinician, especially to understand why bacterial imprints in infection-related stones are only visible in calcium phosphate apatite deposits

Bazin, Dominique

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