Long-term follow up of antenatally diagnosed megaureters

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-191

  Chertin, Boris ^a   Pollack, Avner ^a   Koulikov, Dmitry ^a   Rabinowitz, Ron ^a   Shen, Ori ^a   Hain, Daniel ^a   Hadas Halpren, Irit ^a   Shenfeld, Ofer Z ^a   Farkas, Amicur ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antenatal hydronephrosis; Congenital megaureter; Conservative treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAURETER; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETER; URETEROCELE;

EID: 44449111169     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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