PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G R Van Dugteren
AU  - J Wiggelinkhuizen
TI  - Dissolution of bilateral staghorn cystine renal calculi.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.54.10.795
DP  - 1979 Oct 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 795--798
VI  - 54
IP  - 10
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/54/10/795.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/54/10/795.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1979 Oct 01; 54
AB  - Bilateral staghorn renal calculi in a 7-year-old girl with cystinuria were dissolved over a period of 6 months, using a high fluid intake, urinary alkalinisation, and D-penicillamine. Even in children with extensive cystine urolithiasis, medical management may avert the need for surgery.