Is screening for vesicoureteral reflux mandatory in infants with antenatal renal pelvis dilatation?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1653-1656

  Lidefelt, Karl Johan ^a   Ek, Sverker ^a   Mihocsa, Lazlo ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Infant; Urinary tract; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY PELVIS DILATATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URETER DILATATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 33845239915     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250600764826     Document Type: Article

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