Vesicoureteral Reflux Associated Renal Damage: Congenital Reflux Nephropathy and Acquired Renal Scarring

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 265-273

  Peters, Caig ^a   Rushton, H Gil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cicatrix; kidney; urinary bladder; urinary tract infections; vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOBARISM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCONTINENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MATURATION; MICTURITION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; RISK FACTOR; URODYNAMICS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 77953124147     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.076     Document Type: Article

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