Diagnostic problems associated with cystinuria.
To elucidate the role of the urinary cystine concentration for the formation of urinary stones, 190 stone-formers were evaluated in this prospective study. Seven patients (3.8%) were heterozygous and one patient (0.5%) was homozygous for cystinuria; only two (1%) of them were cystine stone-formers. Two patients with calcium stones were heterozygous for cystinuria. This study confirms the observation that elevated concentrations of urine cystine are relatively infrequent among patients with urinary stones.
Ala-Opas
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Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Hämeenlinna, Finland.
Sipilä
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Kivinen
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Lehtonen
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T
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003555:Cystinuria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology