Ureteric jet Doppler waveform: Is it a reliable predictor of vesicoureteric reflux in children?

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-318

  Ključevšek, Damjana ^a   Ključevšek, Tomaž ^a   Kersnik Levart, Tanja ^a   Kenda, Rajko B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Children; Echo enhanced voiding ultrasonography; Ureteric jet Doppler waveform; Vesicoureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; WAVEFORM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URETER; URINATION; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 58149102189     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-1002-z     Document Type: Article

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