Validation of a Prognostic Calculator for Prediction of Early Vesicoureteral Reflux Resolution in Children

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 687-691

  Shiraishi, Koji ^a   Matsuyama, Hideyasu ^a   Nepple, Kenneth G ^b   Wald, Moshe ^b   Niederberger, Craig S ^c   Austin, Christopher J ^b   Cooper, Christopher S ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

computational biology; computer simulation; outcome assessment (health care); vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 67649786553     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.04.036     Document Type: Article

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