Adding Renal Scan Data Improves the Accuracy of a Computational Model to Predict Vesicoureteral Reflux Resolution

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1648-1652

  Nepple, Kenneth G ^a   Knudson, Matthew J ^a   Austin, J Christopher ^a   Wald, Moshe ^a   Makhlouf, Antoine A ^b   Niederberger, Craig S ^c   Cooper, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

decision support techniques; kidney; radionuclide imaging; vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNET; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VALIDATION PROCESS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CICATRIX; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LOGISTIC MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 51049100161     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.03.109     Document Type: Article

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