PURPOSE:: Congenital obstructive nephropathy constitutes one of the major causes of renal
insufficiency in infants and children. This review addresses the need to define biomarkers …

Ultrasonography is an essential tool for the prenatal diagnosis and monitoring of fetal
genitourinary abnormalities. Helin and Per-Haken evaluated the frequency of urinary tract …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: We demonstrated down-regulation of epidermal growth factor
(EGF) and up-regulation of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) in the renal …

Purpose The recognition of those hydronephrotic kidneys which require therapy to preserve
renal function remains difficult. We retrospectively compared the 'tissue tracer transit'(TTT) of …

Introduction Diagnosing obstruction and thus, assessment of need for surgery in the
management of antenatal hydronephrosis may be challenging. Current diagnostic tests are …

Although congenital urinary tract obstruction is a common disorder, its pathophysiology
remains poorly understood and clinical practice is controversial. Animal models have been …

The significance of delayed tissue tracer transit (TTT) of 99mTc-mercaptoacetyltriglycine
(99mTc-MAG3) has not been systematically evaluated in hydronephrosis. We sought to …

Objective This study aims to evaluate interobserver agreement on visual analysis of
technetium-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (99m Tc-MAG3) renal tissue transit used for the …

Methods: A literature search of the MEDLINE, MEDLINE In-Process, and MEDLINE Epub
Ahead of Print, EMBASE, Google scholar, Pub Med, and Cochrane Library was done using …

Objectives: To comprehensively analyse the results of upper urological tract surgery
performed using a lumbotomy approach in the paediatric age group. Methods: 68 …