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SUBMITTER: Witting C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011014 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Witting Celeste C Langman Craig B CB Assimos Dean D Baum Michelle A MA Kausz Annamaria A Milliner Dawn D Tasian Greg G Worcester Elaine E Allain Meaghan M West Melissa M Knauf Felix F Lieske John C JC
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 20200908 3
Enteric hyperoxaluria is a distinct entity that can occur as a result of a diverse set of gastrointestinal disorders that promote fat malabsorption. This, in turn, leads to excess absorption of dietary oxalate and increased urinary oxalate excretion. Hyperoxaluria increases the risk of kidney stones and, in more severe cases, CKD and even kidney failure. The prevalence of enteric hyperoxaluria has increased over recent decades, largely because of the increased use of malabsorptive bariatric surg ...[more]