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Accession Number:
AD0832979
Title:
THE ROLE OF NUTRITION IN VESICAL CALCULUS FORMATION.
Corporate Author:
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST BLACKSBURG DEPT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND NUTRITION
Report Date:
1968-02-14
Abstract:
Bladder stone disease is a formerly widespread condition, afflicting primarily children under ten years of age, which is now restricted to certain regions of the Mideast and Asia. It has been studied in Thailand where it is a significant cause of surgery. Research to date has suggested that nutrition has a primary role in the etiology of bladder stone but the specific nutritional imbalance or deficiency is still unknown. This project is attempting to produce bladder stones in laboratory animals by feeding diets closely resembling the nutrient pattern consumed in areas such as Thailand as established by the ICNND Nutrition Survey. This approach has not been previously employed. While the test diets have not resulted in bladder stone, kidney calcification has occurred and seems to be promoted by the high starch rice diets. Changes in urinary stone matrix precursors are being studied. Author
Descriptive Note:
Final progress rept. 1 Apr 67-1 Feb 68,
Pages:
0010
Contract Number:
DAHC19-67-G-0019
File Size:
0.00MB
