A 30-year analysis of urolithiasis burden in the North Africa and Middle East region: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2021

Sina Golestani; Mohammad Taghi Talebian; Ali Golestani; Zeinab Ahadi; Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy; Ziba Aghsaei Fard; Abdolreza Mohammadi; Bagher Larijani; Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343341

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A 30-year analysis of urolithiasis burden in the North Africa and Middle East region: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2021

Sina Golestani,

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammad Taghi Talebian,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sina Hosspital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ali Golestani,

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Zeinab Ahadi,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Urology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-9721

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Ziba Aghsaei Fard,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Urology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Abdolreza Mohammadi,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Urology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Bagher Larijani,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5386-7597

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Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mkaghamir@tums.ac.ir

Affiliation Urology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1611-0362

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A 30-year analysis of urolithiasis burden in the North Africa and Middle East region: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2021

Sina Golestani,
Mohammad Taghi Talebian,
Ali Golestani,
Zeinab Ahadi,
Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy,
Ziba Aghsaei Fard,
Abdolreza Mohammadi,
Bagher Larijani,
Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

Published: May 4, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343341

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