The Role of Bladder Urine Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Concentrations in Diagnosis and Management of Unilateral Prenatal Hydronephrosis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 292-298

  Almodhen, Fayez ^a   Loutochin, Oleg ^a   Capolicchio, John Paul ^a   Jednak, Roman ^a   El Sherbiny, Mohamed ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

hydronephrosis; kidney; transforming growth factor beta; ureteral obstruction; urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RENOGRAPHY; URETER DILATATION; URINALYSIS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67349175859     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.02.132     Document Type: Article

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