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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that a common genetic variation in the gene claudin-14 may be part of the problem.
The report -- published by EMBO Journal, published by the European Molecular Biology Organization -- could help scientists better understand the root causes behind kidney stones, which affect about 1 million Americans each year.
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