Increased Echogenicity as a Predictor of Poor Renal Function in Children With Grade 3 to 4 Hydronephrosis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1898-1901

  Chi, Thomas ^c   Feldstein, Vickie A ^a,b   Nguyen, Hiep T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

hydronephrosis; infant; kidney; kidney function tests; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645960976     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00930-4     Document Type: Article

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