Duplex collecting system diagnosed during the first 6 years of life after a first urinary tract infection: A study of 63 children

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 678-682

  Siomou, Ekaterini ^a,c   Papadopoulou, Frederica ^a   Kollios, Konstantinos D ^a   Photopoulos, Andreas ^a   Evagelidou, Eleni ^a   Androulakakis, Philippos ^b   Siamopoulou, Antigoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ureter; Ureterocele; Vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPLETELY DUPLECATING SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUPLEX COLLECTING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETELY DUPLICATING SYSTEM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URETEROCELE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 30344446378     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00184-9     Document Type: Article

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