Utility of Follow-up Renal Sonography in Children with Vesicoureteral Reflux and Normal Initial Sonogram

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 548-550

  Lowe, Lisa H ^a,b   Patel, Manish N ^a   Gatti, John M ^a   Alon, Uri S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidneys; Prophylactic antimicrobials; Sonography; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 1442323877     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.3.548     Document Type: Review

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