Abstract
Excessive urinary glycine excretion was found in four members of a family and was associated in three members with nephrolithiasis. The glycinuria was due to a renal mechanism. Failure to reabsorb glycine was not associated with defective reabsorption of other amino acids or of phosphate or glucose. A kidney stone obtained from one of these patients was composed mainly of calcium oxalate and contained a small amount of glycine present in non-protein, non-peptide form.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 408-415 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | American Journal of Medicine |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Sep 1957 |