Pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction in children: The role of urinary transforming growth factor-β1 and epidermal growth factor

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 899-903

  Taha, Mohamed A ^a   Shokeir, Ahmed A ^a   Osman, Hussein G ^b   Abd El Aziz, Abd El Aziz F ^b   Farahat, Sami E ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Epidermal growth factor; Kidney; Obstruction; Transforming growth factor 1; Urine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; MALE; MICTURITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PYELOPLASTY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URINALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33947327081     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06641.x     Document Type: Article

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