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Drs. Khashayar Sakhaee and Dion Graybeal

Caption: Researchers includng Drs. Khashayar Sakhaee (left), chief of mineral metabolism, and Dion Graybeal have discovered that a drug commonly prescribed to treat seizures and migraine headaches can increase the propensity of calcium phosphate kidney stones.

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