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Background. This paper is about some compounds (calcium, oxalate, phosphate, uric acid, magnesium, citrate) of urinary, its excretion in 24 h urine of children with preurolithiasis. They play the most signifi cant role in the mechanism of the crystallization for the formation of kid­ney stones. Some aspects and risk factors of the format ion of kidney stones were discussed.

Kidney stone disease remains a signifi­cant health problem in the adult popula­tion. The average lifetime prevalence of kidney stone may be about 12% popula­tion. Approximately 13% of men and 7% of women will be diagnosed with a kidney stone. Certainly kidney stone disease is a common child affliction.