Urinary bladder volume and pressure at reflux as prognostic factors of vesicoureteral reflux outcome

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 556-559

  Papachristou, Fotis ^a   Printza, Nicoleta ^a   Doumas, Argyrios ^b   Koliakos, George ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Ippokratis Nuclear Medicine Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bladder; Children; Radionuclide cystography; Ureter; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER PRESSURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 3242775610     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1211-y     Document Type: Article

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