Does mode of treatment affect the outcome of neonatal posterior urethral valves?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 2423-2426

  Narasimhan, Kannan Laksmi ^a   Kaur, Balpinder ^a   Chowdhary, Sujit Kumar ^a   Bhalla, Anil Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Growth; Urethra; Vesicostomy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PENTETIC ACID;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYSTOSTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URETHRA VALVE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 2442502764     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000124933.99430.c6     Document Type: Article

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