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Chronic Laxative abuse can result in the formation of which type of stone:

A
Xanthine
B
Cysteine
C
Ammonium urate
D
Struvite
High-Yield Explanation
Ref. API Textbook of Medicine. Pg. 784   Urinary stones due to chronic laxative abuse is due to gastrointestinal loss of fluid and electrolytes leads to chronic depletion of urinary volume ,relative super saturation and many other pathophysiologic derangements . These calculi are generally radiolucent with uric acid and ammonium urate as major componenent.

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