Mini-review; Melamine-related Urinary Stone Disease.
- Author:
Hee Gyung KANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. kanghg@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Melamine;
Urinary stone;
Tainted milk
- MeSH:
China;
Dehydration;
Humans;
Infant;
Triazines;
Uric Acid;
Urinary Calculi
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Pediatric Nephrology
2009;13(1):21-25
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Last year, an epidemic of infantile urinary stone disease developed in China. Investigation revealed that melamine-tainted diary product caused urinary stone in these infants. Young infants were susceptible to the melamine toxicity and dehydration or other stone-prone factors aggravated the toxicity. Melamine-related urinary stones were small, multiple, and mainly composed of uric acid, thus conservative treatment of hydration and urine alkalinization worked well in majority of the patients.
