Association of isolated preauricular tags and nephrourological anomalies: Case-control study

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 658-660

  Lizama, Macarena ^a   Cavagnaro, Felipe ^a   Arau, Rau ^a   Navarrete, Oscar ^a   Fontanaz, Ana María ^b   García, Cristián J ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Infants; Preauricular tags; Renal ultrasound; Urinary tract anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DUPLICATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URETEROCELE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 34247872867     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0395-9     Document Type: Article

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