The Fate of Prenatally Diagnosed Primary Nonrefluxing Megaureter: Do We Have Reliable Predictors for Spontaneous Resolution?

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-312

  Calisti, Alessandro ^a   Oriolo, Lucia ^a   Perrotta, Maria Luisa ^a   Spagnol, Lorna ^a   Fabbri, Romano ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEGAURETER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETER;

EID: 48349103687     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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