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Nephrolithiasis is a common disorder, and idiopathic hypercalciuria is the most frequent metabolic disorder associated with nephrolithiasis.¹ Several studies have shown that subjects with idiopathic hypercalciuria have phosphaturia or renal phosphate leak. In fact, a study that measured the tubular maximal reabsorption of phosphate (TmP, or maximal renal phosphate threshold) normalized for the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (the TmP/GFR value) in 207 subjects with calcium nephrolithiasis reported that 20% of persons with normal parathyroid function in whom stones formed have a decreased TmP/GFR value.² The associated mild hypophosphatemia results in increased 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D production, which causes increased intestinal phosphate and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Biophysics, University of Colorado, Denver, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver.

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