title: Screening for microscopic hematuria in school-age children of Gorgan City.
abstract: Screening for hematuria was carried out in 3000 school-age children (6 to14 years old) in Gorgan, Iran, using a fresh morning urine sample. At the initial step, 208 (6.8%) had positive dipstick tests for blood, which decreased to 35 (1.2%) at the second step. Of the 35 children with hematuria, 27 (77.1%) were girls and 8 (22.9%) were boys. Twenty-six children were further evaluated of whom 5 had normal findings, and 7 had hypercalciuria, 13 had nephrolithiasis, and in 1 had a large cystic lesion on ultrasonography, ultimately diagnosed as oncocystoma.
authors.affiliation: Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. drmoghtaderi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mastaneh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moghtaderi
authors.forename: Amir Husseein
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Noohi
authors.forename: Baranak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Safaeyan
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: Masodeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabsechian
authors.forename: Mehyar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meherkash
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male