Antenatally detected urinary tract abnormalities: More detection but less action

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 897-904

  Mallik, Meeta ^a   Watson, Alan R ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal detection; Antenatal hydronephrosis; Antenatal ultrasound; Urinary tract abnormalities

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM; URETEROCELE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY TRACT; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 42649136201     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-0746-9     Document Type: Article

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