Are children with congenital solitary kidney at risk for lifelong complications? A lack of prediction demands caution

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-135

  Zaffanello, Marco ^a   Brugnara, Milena ^a   Zuffante, Michele ^a   Franchini, Massimo ^b   Fanos, Vassilios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Verona Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Renal agenesis; Renal aplasia; Solitary kidney

Indexed keywords

T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2;

BLADDER MALFORMATION; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POTTER SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLITARY KIDNEY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 62349105041     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-008-9437-5     Document Type: Review

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