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Hyperoxaluria is an excessive urinary excretion of oxalate. Individuals with hyperoxaluria often have calcium oxalate kidney stones. It is sometimes called '''Bird's disease''', after Golding Bird, who first described the condition.

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Hyperoxaluria is an excessive urinary excretion of oxalate. Individuals with hyperoxaluria often have calcium oxalate kidney stones. It is sometimes called '''Bird's disease''', after Golding Bird, who first described the condition.

==Causes== Hyperoxaluria can be primary (as a result of a genetic defect) or secondary to another disease process.

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