Cystine Stone Formers Have Impaired Health-Related Quality of Life Compared with Noncystine Stone Formers: A Case-Referent Study Piloting the Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life Questionnaire Among Patients with Cystine Stones | Zendy

Necole M. Streeper | Zendy; Margaret L. Wertheim | Zendy; Stephen Y. Nakada | Zendy; Kristina L. Penniston | Zendy

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Cystine Stone Formers Have Impaired Health-Related Quality of Life Compared with Noncystine Stone Formers: A Case-Referent Study Piloting the Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life Questionnaire Among Patients with Cystine Stones

Author(s) -

Necole M. Streeper,

Margaret L. Wertheim,

Stephen Y. Nakada,

Kristina L. Penniston

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of endourology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.121

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1557-900X

pISSN - 0892-7790

DOI - 10.1089/end.2016.0564

Subject(s) - medicine , cystine , quality of life (healthcare) , cystinuria , biochemistry , chemistry , nursing , cysteine , enzyme

Cystinuria is a rare cause of urolithiasis. Affected patients have an earlier onset and more aggressive disease than patients with other stone etiologies. We assessed the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of cystine stone-forming patients using the disease-specific Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life questionnaire (WISQOL).

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