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During a 4-year period 9 cases of severe recurrent cystine stones and cystinuria were treated with mercaptopropionylglycine. The oral long-term administration revealed the high effectiveness of the drug and resulted in no further stone formation. Mercaptopropionylglycine is free of side effects and more effective than D-penicillamine.
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Hautmann et al. (1977) studied this question.
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