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To investigate the demographic characteristics, clinical features, and metabolic risk factors of children with urolithiasis.

This retrospective study included 98 patients (48 boys, 50 girls) with urolithiasis diagnosed by ultrasonography. Mean age at presentation was 59.8 (1-192) months, and mean follow-up period was 5.5 (1-27) months. Clinical and laboratory data including gender, age at diagnosis, presence of family history of renal stone, follow-up duration, presenting symptoms, the history of urinary tract infection (UTI), stone localization, presence of anatomical abnormalities of urinary tract, presence of microscopic or macroscopic hematuria, pyuria, urinary metabolic examinations, blood tests, analysis of stone composition, treatment modality, and prognosis were assessed.

The most common symptom was restlessness in infants (