Mild hydronephrosis in newborns and infants: Can ultrasound predict the presence of vesicoureteral reflux

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-96

  Berrocal, Teresa ^a   Pinilla, Inmaculada ^a   Gutiérrez, Julia ^a   Prieto, Consuelo ^a   Pablo, Luis ^a   Hoyo, María Luisa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; Ultrasound; Urinary tract; Vesicoureteral reflux; Voiding cystourethrography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY PELVIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 33846443589     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0285-1     Document Type: Article

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