The risk of associated urological abnormalities in children with pre and postnatal occasional diagnosis of solitary, small or ectopic kidney: Is a complete urological screening always necessary?

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-284

  Calisti, Alessandro ^a,b   Perrotta, M L ^a   Oriolo, L ^a   Ingianna, D ^a   Miele, V ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ectopic kidney; Hypoplasic kidney; Malformations; Multicystic kidney; Prenatal diagnosis; Solitary kidney; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UROGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 44649122752     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-008-0249-0     Document Type: Article

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