Surgical or conservative treatment of congenital hydronephrosis: Ten years' experience;Trattamento chirurgico o conservativo dell'idronefrosi congenita: Dieci anni di esperienza

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 275-283

  De Grazia, E ^a,b   Castagnetti, M ^a   Cimador, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale E Albanese   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis congenital, diagnosis; Hydronephrosis congenital, surgery; Ureteral obstruction, surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035433740     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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