Comparison of Nephrolithiasis Prevalence in Two Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Populations

In humans, ammonium urate (AU) nephrolithiasis is rare in the Western hemisphere and more common in Japan and developing countries. Among a variety of risk factors, insulin resistance has been associated with urate nephrolithiasis in people. Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are susceptible t...

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Main Authors: Smith, Cynthia R., Venn-Watson, Stephanie, Wells, Randall S., Johnson, Shawn P., Maffeo, Natalie, Balmer, Brian C., Jensen, Eric D., Townsend, Forrest I., Sakhaee, Khashayar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Endocrinology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797464/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24137158
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2013.00145
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