HYPOCITRATURIA IN PATIENTS WITH UROLITHIASIS

Authors
AKCAY T KONUKOGLU D CELIK C
Citation
T. Akcay et al., HYPOCITRATURIA IN PATIENTS WITH UROLITHIASIS, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 74(4), 1996, pp. 350-351
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
74
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
350 - 351
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1996)74:4<350:HIPWU>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The urinary citrate/creatinine ratio was evaluated in 25 children with idiopathic calcium urolithiasis and 24 controls. The mean (SD) urinar y citrate/creatinine ratio in controls and patients was 0.510 (0.205) and 0.181 (0.076), respectively, a statistically significant differenc e. In neither group was there a relation between age and urinary citra te excretion.