Tea Consumption is Associated with Increased Risk of Kidney Stones in Northern Chinese: A Cross-sectional Study.

Kidney stones are a common urinary system condition that can progress to kidney disease. Previous studies on the association between tea consumption and kidney stones are inconsistent. A cross-sectional study to investigate the association between tea consumption and kidney stones was conducted from 2013 to 2014 and recruited 9,078 northern Chinese adults.

[Detection of BK virus infection in renal transplant recipients and clinical application].

Objective: To study the detection methods of BK virus infection in kidney transplant recipients, and to explore the clinical application.

Methods: 132 cases of renal transplant recipients were undertaken BK virus detection including presence of decoy cells in urinary sediment, urine and serum BKV-DNA to demonstrate the BK virus replication.

Result: Among 132 cases of renal transplant recipients, urinary decoy cell was found in 37 (28.

[Study on microsurgical procedures for pterygium operation and its therapeutic effects].

Objective: To study the microsurgical procedures for the treatment of large primary pterygium and their therapeutic effects. To observe the recurrence rate, the changes of visual acuity after microsurgery and the pathological relationships between pterygium and cornea/sclera under the surgical microscope.

Methods: Forty-six eyes of forty-one patients with pterygium which invading the cornea over the pupil border were included.