The long-term followup of newborns with severe unilateral hydronephrosis initially treated nonoperatively

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 3 II, 2000, Pages 1101-1105

  Ulman, Ibrahim ^a   Jayanthi, Venkata R ^a   Koff, Stephen A ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; Infant; Newborn; Radioisotope renography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033870749     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67262-x     Document Type: Article

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