title: Childhood stones.
abstract: Urinary stones in children are usually genetic and most commonly due to hypercalciuria. Symptoms of urolithiasis in children differ among age groups. Isolated hematuria in children may be caused by hypercalciuria and precede calculus formation. Careful evaluation successfully identifies the cause of urinary stones in most children, although diagnostic criteria may vary in different age groups. Therapies should be targeted to the underlying diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington Seattle, 4800 Sand Point Way North East, CH-65, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. bstaplet@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: F Bruder
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Stapleton
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019343:Citric Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine; D003555:Cystinuria / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006960:Hyperoxaluria, Primary / Q000378:metabolism; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid; D019343:Citric Acid; D002118:Calcium