Subtle renal duplication as an unrecognized cause of childhood incontinence: Diagnosis by magnetic resonance urography

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 398-400

  Lipson, Jafi A ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a,b   Baskin, Laurence S ^b   Yeh, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic ureter; MR urography; MRI; Renal duplication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD REARING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY DUPLICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE UROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URETER DUPLICATION; URETEROURETEROSTOMY; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 51249116852     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.01.213     Document Type: Article

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