Melamine-related urinary stones in 195 infants and young children: Clinical features within 2 years of follow-up

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-433

  Wen, Jian Guo ^a   Chang, Qing Long ^a   Lou, An Feng ^a   Li, Zhen Zhen ^a   Lu, Shan ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Wang, Ya Lun ^a   Hu, Jin Hua ^a   Mao, Shu Ping ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Xue, Rui ^a   Ren, Chuanchuan ^a   Xing, Lu ^a   Zhang, Guo Xian ^a   Zhang, Shengjun ^a   Djurhuus, Jens Christian ^b   Frøkiaer, Jørgen ^b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Follow up; Growth; Infant; Melamine; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLADDER FUNCTION; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; KIDNEY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZINES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 84355162086     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330795     Document Type: Article

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