The prevalence and pattern of congenital anomalies of the urinary tract detected by intravenous urography in Kuwait

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 477-483

  Gupta, R ^a,b   Memon, Anjum ^a   Al Khawari, H ^a,c   Kehinde, E O ^a,b   Al Eisa, A ^a,b   Humad, S ^d   Hebbar, S ^e   Ashebu, S D ^d  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^e FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Congenital anomalies; Intravenous urography; Kuwait; Prevalence; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY PELVIS; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URETER MALFORMATION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KUWAIT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0141922586     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025600219402     Document Type: Article

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