Vesico-ureteric reflux

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 192-195

  Morecroft, James A ^a   MacKinnon, A Ewen ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY SCAR; NONHUMAN; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0029774344     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199607000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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