Polythelia: Still a marker of urinary tract anomalies in children?

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-50

  Ferrara, Pietro ^a   Giorgio, Valentina ^a   Vitelli, Ottavio ^b   Gatto, Antonio ^a   Romano, Valerio ^b   Bufalo, Francesca Del ^b   Nicoletti, Alessandro ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Supernumerary nipples; Urinary tract anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; FEMALE; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY ANOMALY; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; LEFT ONE KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAURETER; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; POLYTHELIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT ONE KIDNEY; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; NIPPLES; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 61649116239     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590802442086     Document Type: Article

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