PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mohamed H. Abdulhadi AU - Phillip M. Hall AU - Stevan B. Streem TI - Hypocitraturia and its role in renal stone disease DP - 1988 May 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 242--245 VI - 55 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/3/242.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/3/242.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1988 May 01; 55 AB - For more than 5 0 years, low urinary citrate (hypocitraturia) has occurred in some patients with renal stones; however, only recently has more interest been generated in the role of hypocitraturia in renal stone disease and the beneficial effect of citrate therapy for the prevention and treatment of nephrolithiasis. The authors review the metabolism of citrate, the clinically relevant history of hypocitraturia, and current literature dealing with the effectiveness of citrate therapy in the management of nephrolithiasis.