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Special Issue

Microcrystalline pathologies: Clinical issues and nanochemistry

Table of contents

Guest editors
p. 1-6
Tribute to Paul Jungers (1932–2022)
p. 7-9
Foreword to microcrystalline pathologies: combining clinical activity and fundamental research at the nanoscale
p. 11-35
Scanning electron microscopy—a powerful imaging technique for the clinician
p. 37-60
Using micro computed tomographic imaging for analyzing kidney stones
p. 61-72
Raman spectroscopy as a non-destructive tool to determine the chemical composition of urinary sediments
p. 73-82
Raman opportunities in the field of pathological calcifications
p. 83-103
Using mid infrared to perform investigations beyond the diffraction limits of microcristalline pathologies: advantages and limitation of Optical PhotoThermal IR spectroscopy
p. 105-131
Crystal size in μcrystalline pathologies and its clinical implication
p. 133-147
Peculiar opportunities given by XPS spectroscopy for the clinician
p. 149-163
The crucial contribution of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy in medicine
p. 165-188
XANES spectroscopy for the clinician
p. 189-208
Opportunities given by density functional theory in pathological calcifications
p. 209-218
Profile of an “at cutting edge” pathology laboratory for pathological human deposits: from nanometer to in vivo scale analysis on large scale facilities
p. 219-233
10,000 urinary stones for 10 years of analysis: a retrospective study in western Switzerland
p. 235-245
The epidemiology of kidney stones in Belgium based on Daudon’s morpho-constitutional classification: a retrospective, single-center study
p. 247-267
Medullary sponge kidney: what kind of stones?
p. 269-279
The type Ic morphology of urinary calculi: an alert to primary hyperoxaluria? Experience with 43 Moroccan children
p. 281-293
Drug-induced nephrolithiasis and crystalluria: the particular case of the sulfasalazine derivatives
p. 295-306
Lateralization of uric acid stones on the left side
p. 307-314
Urinary tract infection inducing stones: some clinical and chemical data
p. 315-334
Chronic urine acidification by fludrocortisone to treat infectious kidney stones
p. 335-341
Whitlockite structures in kidney stones indicate infectious origin: a scanning electron microscopy and Synchrotron Radiation investigation
p. 343-354
Inflammation and injury: what role do they play in the development of Randall’s plaques and formation of calcium oxalate kidney stones?
p. 355-372
Randall’s plaque as the origin of idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formation: an update
p. 373-391
Inflammation plays a critical role in 2,8-dihydroxyadenine nephropathy
p. 393-405
Endoscopic in-situ recognition of urinary stones during LASER-induced stone fragmentation: a modern, effective and essential approach in the diagnostic process in urolithiasis
p. 407-416
A novel laser lithotripsy system with automatic target recognition: from bench to bedside
p. 417-423
Characterization of deposits on double J stents
p. 425-430
SEM-EDX micro-analysis and FTIR infrared microscopy by ATR of a bladder stone from the IIIth millennium BC from the B1S passage-grave of the necropolis in Chenon (Charente, France)
p. 431-444
Pathologies related to abnormal deposits in dermatology: a physico-chemical approach
p. 445-476
Relationship between calcinosis cutis in epidermal necrolysis and caspofungin, a physicochemical investigation
p. 477-487
Cystinuria and cystinosis are usually related to L-cystine: is this really the case for cystinosis? A physicochemical investigation at micrometre and nanometre scale
p. 489-502
Characterization through scanning electron microscopy and μFourier transform infrared spectroscopy of microcalcifications present in fine needle aspiration smears
p. 503-515
Pathological calcifications in the human joint
p. 517-534
Features of gallstones in adult sickle cell patients
p. 535-552
Multiscale approach to provide a better physicochemical description of women breast microcalcifications
p. 553-576
From visible light to X-ray microscopy: major steps in the evolution of developmental models for calcification of invertebrate skeletons
p. 577-595