Concave Urinary Crystallines: Direct Evidence of Calcium Oxalate Crystals Dissolution by Citrate <i>In Vivo</i>

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</svg>: COD; ▲: uric acid; ◆: <i>β</i>-Ca<sub>3</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>.</table>

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Figure 3: Concave Urinary Crystallines: Direct Evidence of Calcium Oxalate Crystals Dissolution by Citrate <i>In Vivo</i> 

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Concave Urinary Crystallines: Direct Evidence of Calcium Oxalate Crystals Dissolution by Citrate In Vivo

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