Reliability of grading of vesicoureteral reflux and other findings on voiding cystourethrography

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 192-198

  Schaeffer, Anthony J ^a   Greenfield, Saul P ^b   Ivanova, Anastasia ^c   Cui, Gang ^c   Zerin, J Michael ^d   Chow, Jeanne S ^e   Hoberman, Alejandro ^f   Mathews, Ranjiv I ^g   Mattoo, Tej K ^d   Carpenter, Myra A ^c   Moxey Mims, Marva ^h   Chesney, Russell W ⁱ   Nelson, Caleb P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Concordance; Radiology; Urinary tract infection; Vesico ureteral reflux; Voiding cystourethrogram

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; URETER; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; URETHRA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; URETHRA; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 84994545316     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2016.06.020     Document Type: Article

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