Unilateral renal agenesis: A systematic review on associated anomalies and renal injury

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1844-1855

  Westland, Rik ^a   Schreuder, Michiel F ^b   Ket, Johannes C F ^c,d   Van Wijk, Joanna A E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract; Renal injury; Solitary functioning kidney; Systematic review; Unilateral renal agenesis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY INJURY; MICROALBUMINURIA; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLITARY KIDNEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT; RENAL INJURY; SOLITARY FUNCTIONING KIDNEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNILATERAL RENAL AGENESIS;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 84884513154     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft012     Document Type: Review

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