@article{3109015,
    title = "Epidemiologic study of urolithiasis in seven countries of South-Eastern Europe: S.E.G.U.R. 1 study",
    author = "Karagiannis, A. and Skolarikos, A. and Alexandrescu, E. and Basic, D. and Geavlete, P. and Maletta, A. and Muslumanoglu, A.Y. and Papatsoris, A. and Petkova, K. and Saidi, S. and Skakic, A. and Saltirov, I. and Sarica, K. and Stavridis, S. and Yilmaz, O. and Trinchieri, A.",
    journal = "ARCHIVIO ITALIANO DI UROLOGIA E ANDROLOGIA",
    year = "2017",
    volume = "89",
    number = "3",
    pages = "173-177",
    publisher = "Edizioni Scripta Manent s.n.c.",
    doi = "10.4081/aiua.2017.3.173",
    keywords = "adult;  Article;  body height;  body mass;  body weight;  bone disease;  bread;  Bulgaria;  cheese;  controlled study;  diabetes mellitus;  diet;  disease association;  female;  food intake;  fruit;  gout;  Greece;  horseshoe kidney;  human;  hyperparathyroidism;  hyperthyroidism;  Italy;  Macedonia (republic);  major clinical study;  male;  meat;  medical history;  middle aged;  milk;  nephrolithiasis;  occupation;  onset age;  peptic ulcer;  recurrent disease;  reno ureteral stone;  risk factor;  Romania;  Serbia;  sex difference;  sport;  Turkey (republic);  ureter obstruction;  ureter stone;  ureteropelvic junction obstruction;  urethra stenosis;  urolithiasis;  vegetable;  aged;  Eastern Europe;  feeding behavior;  nephrolithiasis;  pathology;  ureter stone;  urolithiasis, Adult;  Age of Onset;  Aged;  Europe, Eastern;  Feeding Behavior;  Female;  Humans;  Kidney Calculi;  Male;  Middle Aged;  Recurrence;  Risk Factors;  Ureteral Calculi;  Urolithiasis",
    abstract = "Objective: To investigate some epidemiological aspects of kidney stones in the South-Eastern European area. Materials and methods: From September 2015 to December 2015, 538 consecutive patients were treated and evaluated for reno-ureteral stones in eight departments in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, FYR Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. Results: The age of onset was lower in Turkey and higher in Italy. The rate of recurrent patients was higher in Romania and Serbia, while first renal stone formers were more frequent in Italy. The previous history of kidney stones, the characteristics of the stones and the dietary habits of the patients were different in different countries. In Bulgaria, Greece and Romania larger calculi from recurrent patients were more frequent. In Italy and Turkey smaller calculi from first renal stone formers were more frequent. Conclusions: The previous history of kidney stones, the characteristics of the stones and the dietary habits of the patients were different in different countries. A common dietary pattern associated with the formation of kidney stones was not observed, but each country showed different risk factors."
}