Diagnostic accuracy of postnatal renal pelvic diameter as a predictor of uropathy: A prospective study

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 798-804

  Bouzada, Maria Cândida Ferrarez ^a   Oliviera, Eduardo Araujo ^a,b   Pereira, Alamanda Kfoury ^a   Leite, Henrique Vitor ^a   Rodriguez, Andréia Moura ^a   Fagundes, Lívia Alvarenga ^a   Gonçalves, Ricardo Peixoto ^a   Pareiras, Ricardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Children; Fetus; Pyelectasis; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELOPLASTY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 5744230818     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1283-8     Document Type: Article

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