Color Doppler ultrasonography in the assessment of vesicoureteric reflux in children with bladder dysfunction

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 135-139

  Kuzmić, Andrea Cvitković ^a   Brkljačić, Boris ^b  

^a Alergologiju I Reumatologiju S Klini kom Imunologijom   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bladder dysfunction; Children; Doppler studies; Ultrasound; Vesicoureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MICTURITION DISORDER; NEUROPATHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; URODYNAMICS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URODYNAMICS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0036523661     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830100651     Document Type: Article

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