Excessive urinary tract dilatation and proteinuria in pregnancy: A common and overlooked association?

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Piccoli, Giorgina B ^a   Attini, Rossella ^a   Parisi, Silvia ^a   Vigotti, Federica N ^a   Daidola, Germana ^a   Deagostini, Maria Chiara ^a   Ferraresi, Martina ^a   De Pascale, Agostino ^a   Porpiglia, Francesco ^a   Veltri, Andrea ^a   Todros, Tullia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCESSIVE URINARY TRACT DILATATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JJ STENTING; KIDNEY PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; STENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROTEINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874235217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-52     Document Type: Article

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