Spontaneous resolution of high grade infantile vesicoureteral reflux

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 694-699

  Sjöström, Sofia ^a   Sillén, Ulla ^a   Bachelard, Marc ^a   Hansson, Sverker ^a   Stokland, Eira ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bladder; Congenital; Urinary tract infections; Vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REMISSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 18144433480     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000130747.89561.cf     Document Type: Article

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