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I'm prone to utis and kidney stone the doc doesn't have much information for me. he says it's a rare stone "carbonate apatite" help me!

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Not uncommon: This is a slight variant on the usual calcium stone. Treat / prevent as for calcium phosphate. Sorry you've got stones. Best wishes.

Answered 12/7/2013

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