Vesicoureteral reflux in male and female neonates as detected by voiding ultrasonography

Kidney International

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1486-1490

  Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a,b,c,d   Hori, Chikahide ^a,b,c   Tsukahara, Hirokazu ^a,b,c   Kasuga, Kenkou ^a,b,c   Ishihara, Yoshinori ^a,b,c   Kotsuji, Fumikazu ^a,b,c   Mayumi, Mitsufumi ^a,b,c  

^a University of Fukui   (Japan)

^b Kasuga Ladies' Clinic   (Japan)

^c Aiiku Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystourethrography; Renal damage in neonates; Small kidney; Ultrasound; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; VOIDING ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032920774     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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