Kidney Stone Analysis: What Affects The Test


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What Affects the Test


Putting tape on a kidney stone to keep it safe on the way to the lab may cause a problem with the test results.



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Last updated: September 29, 2008
Author: Monica Rhodes
Reviewed By: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, Tushar J. Vachharajani, MD, FASN, FACP - Nephrology
Editors: Maria Essig, Tracy Landauer

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