Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Mineral Metabolism, Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
Eur Urol Focus. 2017 Feb;3(1):10-12. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2017.02.019. Epub 2017 Mar 18.
The global prevalence of nephrolithiasis has progressively increased over the past several decades. Kidney stone disease without treatment is a recurrent illness that represents a major health burden across the globe with associated economic costs.
在过去几十年中,全球范围内的肾结石患病率逐渐增加。未经治疗的肾结石疾病是一种反复发作的疾病,给全球带来了巨大的健康负担,并伴随着经济成本。