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About 2,500 patients underwent lithotripsy treatment (ESWL) in the Urology Department of Hadassah Hospital. A random group of 243 was subjected to evaluation of risk factors using the Discriminant Index (DI) method which measures the over-all inhibitory potential of the patients’ urine to calcium-oxalate crystallization.
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Perlberg, S., Azoury, R., Kahana, F., Sarig, S. (1989). Assessment of the Risk Factor Index in Stone Formers. In: Walker, V.R., Sutton, R.A.L., Cameron, E.C.B., Pak, C.Y.C., Robertson, W.G. (eds) Urolithiasis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0873-5_216
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