Follow-up after unilateral nephrectomy in children: Is an estimate of glomerular filtration rate necessary?

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 635-637

  Godbole, Prasad P ^a,b   Wilcox, Duncan T ^a   Mushtaq, Imran ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; GFR; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY;

EID: 14644390354     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05353.x     Document Type: Review

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