Primary megaureter: Current trends in diagnosis and treatment

BJU International

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 861-868

  Shokeir, A A ^a,c   Nijman, R J M ^b,c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Urology ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; PENICILLIN G; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAURETER; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEWBORN; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; URETER DISEASE; URETER REIMPLANTATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0033757274     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2000.00922.x     Document Type: Review

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