title: Recurrent kidney stones: causes and diagnostic criteria in patients from Campania (southern Italy).
abstract: A study was carried out on 180 recurrent kidney stone formers from the Campania region of southern Italy. The data showed that this hypercalciuric population was similar to that in previous studies; however, there was no difference in terms of parathyroid activity when compared with normal controls. The slightly depressed serum levels of vitamin D in hypercalciurics indicate that gut calcium absorption is not directly related to vitamin D levels. We found no difference in the prevalence of metabolic abnormalities associated with stone formation between the patients in this series and those in previous studies.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Disease, II Medical School, University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nunziata
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Giovanni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giannattasio
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lettera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mancini
mesh_terms: D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000150:complications; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000652:urine; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications; D007558:Italy; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000652:urine; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D014807:Vitamin D; D014527:Uric Acid; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium