Fredric Coe MDProfessor of Medicine, Medical Director, Kidney Stone Prevention Program, DirectorClinical Research Training Program, Department of Medicine, NephrologyUniversity of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA Elaine M Worcester MDProfessor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Nephrology, Chicago, Illinois, USA James E Lingeman MDProfessor, Department of Urology, Indiana University School of MedicineIndiana Clinic Urology, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Andrew P Evan MDChancellor's Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA

• Section 1: An Overview of Kidney Stone Disease Epidemiology Of Kidney StonesSolution Chemistry And CrystallizationBiology And Clinical Relevance Of Urine InhibitorsCharacteristics Of Human Kidney StonesCrystals In Human Kidneys And Formation Of StonesCaox And Cap Crystal Interactions With Renal CellsAnimal Models Of Human Kidney Stones Section 2: Mineral Metabolism and Stone Forming DiseasesVitamin D Pth And Regulation Of Mineral BalanceGastrointestinal And Renal Mineral Transport And RegulationRenal Citrate Handling And HypocitraturiaUrine Ph: Relationship To Integrative Physiology Of Calcium, Phoshate, And Magnesium, And Prevention Of Calcium Phosphate PrecipitationAcid Base Balance, Hypercalciuria And BoneIdiopathic HypercalciuriaBone Histopathology And Disease In HypercalciuriaGi And Renal Oxalate TransportersIdiopathic Calcium Stone FormersStones In Primary HyperparathyroidismStones In Bowel DiseasePrimary HyperoxaluriaRenal Tubular Acidosis And UrolithiasisMedullary Sponge Kidney And Human Monogenic HypercalciuriasCystinuria And Uncommon Organic StonesDrug-Induced StonesUric Acid Stones: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology And TreatmentPediatric Kidney Stone DiseaseChronic Kidney Disease And Stone Disease Section 3: Surgical Management of Kidney StonesNatural History Of Renal And Ureteral Calculi Including Propulsive TherapiesStone Factors Affecting Treatment Choices (Anatomy, Composition, Etc.)Preoperative Preparations For Stone SurgeryRadiological Imaging Of Nephrolithiasis: Emerging Technologies And Radiation SafetyContemporary Outcomes For Shock Wave Lithotripsy, Ureteroscopy, And Percutaneous NephrolithotomyShock Wave Lithotripsy In Management Of StonesUreteroscopy In The Management Of StonesPercutaneous Nephrolithotomy In Management Of Stones: Present Role, Approaches, Outcomes And ComplicationsSpecial Considerations In UteteroscopyThe Role Of Laparoscopy And Open SurgerySurgical Management Of Stones In Children

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