1. Urolithiasis in cystic fibrosis
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Nathanson, S., Frere, F., Tassin, E., and Foucaud, P.
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URINARY calculi , *JUVENILE diseases , *CYSTIC fibrosis in children , *CALCIUM oxalate , *PHARMACOLOGY - Abstract
The prevalence of urolithiasis is higher in patients with cystic fibrosis than in the normal population. We report on a case of a 12-year-old child with cystic fibrosis who presented flank pain which revealed a calcium oxalate urolithiasis. Evolution was satisfactory with pharmacological and dietary treatment. The principal mechanisms of lithogenesis in patients with cystic fibrosis are described and preventive treatment is discussed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2003
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