title: Medical management and prevention of nephrolithiasis.
abstract: Kidney stones have increased in prevalence and pose a significant burden on the US health care expenditure. This article is intended to help primary care physicians in their office management of stone disease by providing an update on the recent advances made in this field.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi Health Care and University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. kchandrashekar@umc.edu
authors.forename: Kiran B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Chandrashekar
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fulop
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Juncos
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053040:Nephrolithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures