Some acid-base balance-dependent urinary parameters and calcium-binding anions in stone formers.

Urinary organic acids were determined by gradual titration of portioned urine samples of moderately and severely recurrent stone patients and compared to those found in healthy controls. An essential deficit of organic acids was found in patients with a high recurrence rate. According to the results, the lack of organic acids in the urine of urolithiasis patients, accompanied by a reduced inhibition of the calcium-oxalate and calcium-phosphate crystallization might be causatively involved in the stone formation.