Ultrasonography for the detection of ureteric reflux in infants with urinary infection

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 248-251

  Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a   Hashimoto, Gotaro ^b   Hayashi, Shuhei ^b   Hori, Chikahide ^a   Tsuchida, Shinya ^a   Tsukahara, Hirokazu ^a   Konishi, Yukuo ^a   Sudo, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; Ultrasonography; Urinary infection; Vesico ureteric reflux; Voiding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; INFANT; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URODYNAMICS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0029902099     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03479.x     Document Type: Article

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