Urolithiasis in Tunisian children: A study of 120 cases based on stone composition

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 920-925

  Kamoun, Ayoub ^a,d   Daudon, Michel ^b   Abdelmoula, Jaouida ^a   Hamzaoui, Mourad ^c   Chaouachi, Béji ^c   Houissa, Tawfik ^c   Zghal, Amel ^a   Ben Ammar, Slim ^a   Belkahia, Chelbi ^a   Lakhoua, Rachid ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Serv de Chir Pédiatrique Hôpital D'enfants ^*  (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Ammonium urate; Etiology; Infrared analysis; Stone morphology; Tunisia; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBAPATITE; INORGANIC SALT; STRUVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE; WHEWELLITE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD UROLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTINURIA; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPERCALCIURIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OXALOSIS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUNISIA; URETER STONE; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0032763035     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050728     Document Type: Article

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