Pathophysiology and treatment of
idiopathic hypercalciuria.
Determinants of osteopenia in male renal-stone-disease patients with
idiopathic hypercalciuria.
The relationship between urinary calcium, sodium and potassium excretion and the role of potassium in treating idiopathic hypercalciuria.
Comparison of two diets for the prevention of recurrent stones in idiopathic hypercalciuria.
Effects of a low-salt diet on
idiopathic hypercalciuria in calcium-oxalate stone formers: a 3-mo randomized controlled trial.
Idiopathic Hypercalciuria (IH) is a metabolic disease, in most cases asymptomatic, but some patients express complaints consistent with hematuria, polaquiuria, dysuria, urinary incontinence, enuresis and abdominal or back pain, that affects activities of children, can lead to repetitive consult and secundary cost.
A low-salt, low-animal protein diet combined with increased water consumption reduced the recurrence of calcium oxalate stones in men with
idiopathic hypercalciuria, said Dr.
POPULATION STUDIED This study enrolled 120 men with
idiopathic hypercalciuria (urinary calcium excretion of more than 300 mg per day on an unrestricted diet) who had been referred to a nephrology clinic in Parma, Italy, and who had had at least 2 episodes of symptomatic renal stones.
Idiopathic hypercalciuria is a familial disorder clinically associated with kidney stone production and reduced bone mineral content (1-3).
Thiazide treatment for calcium urolithiasis in patients with
idiopathic hypercalciuria.
Idiopathic hypercalciuria of childhood: 4-7 years outcome.
Ca+Mg)ATPase, calcium influx in erythrocytes of patients with
idiopathic hypercalciuria.
