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An Update on the Changing Epidemiology and Metabolic Risk Factors in Pediatric Kidney Stone Disease
2011
American Society of Nephrology. Clinical Journal
Nephrolithiasis in children is a painful and costly disease that may also have detrimental long-term effects on kidney function. Recent data provide evidence that the incidence of nephrolithiasis in children is rising. Children who are white, female, and adolescent seem to have the highest risk for forming symptomatic kidney stones. Although the reasons for the rising incidence and demographic discrepancies in pediatric nephrolithiasis are not yet clear, recent investigations into urine
doi:10.2215/cjn.11191210
pmid:21737846
fatcat:zi2jvpmlfbhonhovalt574yy2q