Long-term Complications Of Melamine Consumption In Children

Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 08:21 in Health & Medicine

Children with a history of consuming melamine-contaminated milk powder are at an increased risk of developing kidney stones and other urological complications. Researchers found that melamine calculus occurred mostly in infants at six months to 18 months after consuming melamine-contaminated milk powder after birth but that the stones could be effectively managed with noninvasive treatment.

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