Sonographic sign of intermittent dilatation of the renal collecting system in 10 patients with vesicoureteral reflux

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-68

  Weinberg, Brighita ^a   Yeung, Norman ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Renal ultrasonography; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteral reflux; Voiding cystourethrography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER REIMPLANTATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0031885124     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199802)26:2<65::AID-JCU2>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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