Predictive Factors for Vesicoureteral Reflux and Prenatally Diagnosed Renal Pelvic Dilatation

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2440-2445

  Dias, Cristiane S ^a   Bouzada, Maria Candida F ^a   Pereira, Alamanda K ^a   Barros, Paola S ^a   Chaves, Ana Cristina L ^a   Amaro, Aline P ^a   Oliveira, Eduardo A ^a  

^a Pediatric Nephrourology Unit   (Brazil)

Author keywords

fetal diseases; hydronephrosis; prenatal diagnosis; urinary tract infections; vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PELVIC DILATATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELOPLASTY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER DILATATION; URETER REIMPLANTATION; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY PELVIS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 70350433733     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.07.058     Document Type: Article

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