American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 58, Issue 3 , Pages 383-388 , September 2011

Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and the Presence of Kidney Stones in a Screened Population

  • In Gab Jeong, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Taejin Kang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jeong Kyoon Bang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Junsoo Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Wansuk Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Seung Sik Hwang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea
    • ,
  • Hong Kyu Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health Screening and Promotion Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Hyung Keun Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Hyung Keun Park, MD, PhD, Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Pungnap 2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea

Received 27 August 2010 ,Accepted 22 March 2011.

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 Originally published online May 27, 2011.

PII: S0272-6386(11)00740-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.03.021

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 58, Issue 3 , Pages 383-388 , September 2011

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