BOOKS

Pelletier, Kenneth R., MD. "CAM Therapies for Specific Conditions: Kidney Stones." In The Best Alternative Medicine. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.

"Urinary Calculi." In The Merck Manual of Diagnosis...

andTherapy, edited by Mark H. Beers, MD, and Robert Berkow, MD. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 1999.

PERIODICALS

Battino, B. S., W. DeFoor, F. Coe, et al. "Metabolic Evaluation of Children with Urolithiasis: Are Adult References for Supersaturation Appropriate?"Journal of Urology 168 (December 2002): 2568–2571.

Chan, D. Y., and T. W. Jarrett. "Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy."Journal of Endourology 14 (April 2000): 269–272.

Freitas, A. M., N. Schor, and M. A. Boim. "The Effect of Phyllanthus niruri on Urinary Inhibitors of Calcium Oxalate Crystallization and Other Factors Associated with Renal Stone Formation."BJU International 89 (June 2002): 829–834.

Jin, Chua Wei, and Chin Chong Min. "Management of Staghorn Calculus."Medical Progress (February 2003): 1–6.

Khan, Z. A., A. M. Assiri, H. M. Al-Afghani, and T. M. Maghrabi. "Inhibition of Oxalate Nephrolithiasis with Ammi Visnaga (Al-Khillah)."International Urology and Nephrology 33 (2001): 605–608.

Kim, S. C., R. L. Kuo, and J. E. Lingeman. "Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: An Update."Current Opinion in Urology 13 (May 2003): 235–241.

Kinn, A. C., I. Fernstrom, B. Johansson, and H. Ohlsen. "Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy—The Birth of a New Technique."Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology Supplement 138 (1991): 11–14.

Lahme, S., K. H. Bichler, W. L. Strohmaier, and T. Gotz. "Minimally Invasive PCNL in Patients with Renal Pelvic and Calyceal Stones."European Urology 40 (December 2001): 619–624.

Parsons, J. K., T. W. Jarrett, V. Lancini, and L. R. Kavoussi. "Infundibular Stenosis After Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy."Journal of Urology 167 (January 2002): 35–38.

Ugras, M., A. Gunes, and C. Baydinc. "Severe Renal Bleeding Caused by a Ruptured Renal Sheath: Case Report of a Rare Complication of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy."BMC Urology 2 (September 18, 2002): 10.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Foundation for Urologic Disease (AFUD). 1128 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. (800) 242-2383. .

American Urological Association (AUA). 1120 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. (410) 727-1100. .

National Kidney Foundation. 30 East 33rd Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10016. (800) 622-9010 or (212) 889-2210. .

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearing-house (NKUDIC). 3 Information Way, Bethesda, MD 20892-3580.

OTHER

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearing-house (NKUDIC). Kidney Stones in Adults. February 1998 [cited April 30, 2003]. NIH Publication No. 94-2495. .