The Society for Fetal Urology consensus statement on the evaluation and management of antenatal hydronephrosis

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-231

  Nguyen, Hiep T ^a   Herndon, C D Anthony ^b   Cooper, Christopher ^c   Gatti, John ^d   Kirsch, Andrew ^e   Kokorowski, Paul ^a   Lee, Richard ^a   Perez Brayfield, Marcos ^f   Metcalfe, Peter ^g   Yerkes, Elizabeth ^h   Cendron, Marc ^a   Campbell, Jeffrey B ⁱ  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Children's Mercy Hospital   (United States)

^e Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^g STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hydronephrosis; Prenatal diagnosis; Radiological imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSENSUS; CYSTOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC URETER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEGAURETER; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATIENT CARE; POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; URETEROCELE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UROGRAPHY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; KIDNEY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; UROLOGY;

CONSENSUS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UROLOGY;

EID: 77956872413     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2010.02.205     Document Type: Review

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