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Idiopathic Hypercalciuria (IH) is a metabolicdisease, in most cases asymptomatic, but some patientsexpress complaints consistent with hematuria,polaquiuria, dysuria, urinary incontinence,enuresis and abdominal or back pain, that affectsactivities of children, can lead to repetitive consultand secundary cost. Is necessary the clinical suspectfor oportune diagnosis and treatment.Objective. To determine the factors thathasten the development of symptomatic Hypercalciuria:calciuria magnitude, urolithiasisfamily history, gender, age and urinary excretionof calcium oxalate. The final purpose is tospread the knowledge of the disease in the medicalcommunity.Materials and methods. We studied 60 childrenbetween two and thirteen years with IHdiagnosis at an outpatient clinic, in a not matchedcase-control study (1,4 : 1 ratio), to determine therelationship between factors and IH symptoms.In stadistical analysis of associations we used theFisher test and Chi squared of Pearson in significancylevel of 5% (p |
