Renal ultrasonography in newborns with prenatally detected hydronephrosis: Why wait?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1387-1389

  Docimo, Steven G ^a   Silver, Richard I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hydronephrosis; kidney; prenatal diagnosis; ultrasonography, prenatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEWBORN; OLIGURIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0030945473     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64996-6     Document Type: Review

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