Posterior urethral valves: Preliminary observations on the significance of plasma renin activity as a prognostic marker

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 592-594

  Bajpai, Minu ^a   Pratap, Akshay ^a   Tripathi, Madhavi ^a   Bal, C S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cicatrix; Polymorphism (genetics); Renin; Urethral; Urologic diseases

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; RENIN;

CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA VALVE;

EID: 12544252370     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000150573.26650.70     Document Type: Article

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