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Published in: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Meeting abstract

Red urine in children

Authors: Carmine Pecoraro, Ilaria Luongo

Published in: Italian Journal of Pediatrics | Special Issue 1/2014

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Red Urine (RU) is an uncommon finding in an unselected population of children; its prevalence was reported as 0.13 % based on a retrospective USA review of children. However, RU may signify disorders ranging from benign conditions such as medications and food coloring to more serious conditions such as urinary tract infection, hereditary cystic renal diseases and glomerulonephritis. In the clinical approach and management of these children, it is important to firstly differentiate true gross hematuria from non-gross hematuria, and subsequently dissecting out the different causes of gross hematuria (GH). …
Metadata
Title
Red urine in children
Authors
Carmine Pecoraro
Ilaria Luongo
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Italian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue Special Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-40-S1-A19

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