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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2009 Aug 26;76(10):1081–1088. doi: 10.1038/ki.2009.321

Figure 3. Comparison of present plaque data to our prior reports.

Figure 3

3A: Percent plaque coverage of renal papillae gauged via intra-operative digital imaging (y axes of all 4 panels) varied in our prior reports (9) of normal, idiopathic calcium stone formers and obesity bypass patients as in the elliptical confidence bands shown on each panel. The present 7 patients are over plotted in grey symbols. In general, the patients fall along or within the ellipses. 3B: Compared to our prior study cases ileostomy patients have much lower pH as a predominant cause of plaque, and moderately lower urine volume and calcium excretion. Values are means.