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Editorial
. 2019 Dec;74(6):724-726.
doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.07.021. Epub 2019 Oct 18.

Antibiotics and Kidney Stones: Perturbation of the Gut-Kidney Axis

Gregory Tasian  1 , Aaron Miller  2 , Dirk Lange  3
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Editorial

Antibiotics and Kidney Stones: Perturbation of the Gut-Kidney Axis

Gregory Tasian et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019 Dec.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial Disclosure: Dr Tasian is a consultant for Allena Pharmaceuticals and Lumenis, Inc. The remaining authors declare that they have no relevant financial interests.

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Figure 1.
Proposed causal pathway of the gut-kidney axis.
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