Familial vesicoureteral reflux - Is screening beneficial?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 1673-1677

  Menezes, Maria ^a   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cicatrix; Kidney; Mass screening; Siblings; Vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 70350492100     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.02.087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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