Does delaying pyeloplasty affect renal function in children with a prenatal diagnosis of pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction?

BJU International

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 72-75

  Chertin, B ^a   Rolle, U ^a   Farkas, A ^b   Puri, P ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis, hydronephrosis, renal function, pelvi ureteric junction obstruction, pyeloplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RENOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036067455     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02829.x     Document Type: Article

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