Conservative treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children with antenatal diagnosis of hydronephrosis: Lessons learned after 16 years of follow-up

European Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 734-739

  Chertin, Boris ^a,b   Pollack, Avner ^a   Koulikov, Dmitry ^a   Rabinowitz, Ron ^a   Hain, Daniel ^a   Hadas Halpren, Irit ^a   Farkas, Amicur ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Conservative treatment; Ureteropelvic junction obstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33644859443     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.01.046     Document Type: Article

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