Use of ultrasonography in the detection of ureteric reflux in children suspected of having urinary infection

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 195-199

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b Hashimoto Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

ureteral dilatation; urinary tract infection; vesicoureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; URETER DILATATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0031001992     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199705)25:4<195::AID-JCU7>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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