Incidence and natural history of contralateral vesicoureteral reflux in patients presenting with unilateral disease

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 3 II, 1998, Pages 1023-1025

  Sparr, Kenneth E ^a   Balcom, Anthony H ^a   Mesrobian, Hrair George O ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b M A C C Fund Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Ureter; Vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER DUPLICATION; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0032323021     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62688-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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