Unilateral renal agenesis and the congenital solitary functioning kidney: Developmental, genetic and clinical perspectives

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Woolf, Adrian S ^a   Hillman, Katherine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agenesis; Dysplasia; Gene; Hypertension; Proteinuria; Renal failure; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; SUCCIMER TC 99M; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CRUSH SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SOLITARY KIDNEY; TERATOGENESIS; UTERUS HORN; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33845506693     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06504.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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