title: Critical evaluation of various forms of therapy for idiopathic calcium stone disease.
abstract: The results are presented of the dietary management, alone or in association with thiazides and/or allopurinol, evaluated in 143 idiopathic calcium stone formers after a mean follow-up of 18 months. Diet alone proved to be effective in the prevention of stone relapses. The addition of thiazide and/or allopurinol provided mild improvements of urine environment but seemed to give no further clinical benefits irrespective of underlying metabolic abnormalities.
mesh_terms: D000493:Allopurinol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide; D000493:Allopurinol