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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">653</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF URINARY CALCULI&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Narayan</surname><given-names>Rajesh</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>57</fpage><lpage>60</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: Urolithiasis is a global phenomenon. New frontiers have developed not only on therapeutic lines but also in understanding&#13;
process of calculogenesis.&#13;
Methodology: Urinary calculi have been analyzed and studied by different techniques with diverse merits and demerits. Urinary&#13;
stones are multicomponent system containing mainly crystalline and partially non-crystalline components. Crystallographic&#13;
analysis by X-ray diffraction __ampersandsignamp; Polarized Transmission Microscopy yield more information than other techniques.&#13;
Result: X-ray diffraction patterns obtained was unique to the particular crystalline constituents with unique diffraction angles,&#13;
corresponding __ampersandsignldquo;d__ampersandsignrdquo; value (lattice spacing) and relative line intensities. X-ray diffraction showed a significant difference in detection&#13;
of pure stone 36.67% compared to 43.2% on chemical spot test. Polarized transmission microscopy revealed the crystal matrix&#13;
inter relationship and architectural design accounted for concentrically laminated 30% followed by plexiform-cum laminated in 13.33% tombstone coffin -lid, compact and crystalline aggregated observed in 10% each.&#13;
Conclusion: Crystallographic method of urinary analysis by X-ray Diffraction and Polarized Transmission Microscopy can identity&#13;
quickly and certainly different Urates, Oxalates and Phosphates with a certainty that cannot be equaled or attempted by any&#13;
other technique. They are considered a reference technique for identification and differentiation of crystals. Identification of the&#13;
constituents have bearing in prevention and recurrent of future stone formation.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Crystallography</kwd><kwd> Urinary calculi</kwd><kwd> X-Ray Diffraction Optical Microscopy</kwd><kwd> Chemical Spot Test.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
