Editing Stones: Epidemiology and Pathogenesis (section)

== Questions ==

# List inhibitors of calcium oxalate formation.
# What are functions of PTH?
# What stimulates release of PTH?
# What are the functions of vitamin D?
# What is the most common metabolic abnormality found in stone formers?
# What are 4 different types of hypercalcuria and what would their blood work show?
# What are the 4 different types of hyperoxaluria?
# Why is intestinal malabsorption associated with hyperoxaluria?
# List 5 oxalate rich foods
# What is the most common cause of hyperuricosuria?
# List 6 causes of hyperuricosuria
# List 8 causes of acquired RTA
# What are the 3 different types of RTA, metabolic abnormality, and which is associated most commonly with stones?
# List 4 causes of hypocitraturia
# What are 2 lithogenic metabolic derangements associated with thiazide use?
# List 10 conditions associated with uric acid stones
# What are the main determinants of uric acid stone formation?
# What is the inheritance pattern associated with cysteine stones?
# Impaired reabsorption of which amino acids occurs in cystinuria?
# List 4 radiolucent stones
# Which metabolic abnormality is associated with excess vitamin C intake?
# Which type of stone is associated with laxative abuse?
# List 5 stone types that are formed from medications?
# List anatomic causes the predispose patients to stone formation