Antenatal hydronephrosis as a predictor of postnatal outcome: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 586-593

  Lee, Richard S ^a   Cendron, Marc ^a   Kinnamon, Daniel D ^b   Nguyen, Hiep T ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; Kidney disease; Outcome; Prenatal; Renal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; META ANALYSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETHRA OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGIC DISEASES; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 33748426825     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0120     Document Type: Article

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