Urology
Volume 72, Issue 5 , Pages 1022-1025 , November 2008

Posterior Urethral Valves: Search for a Diagnostic Reference Standard

  • Tom P.V.M. de Jong

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Renal Center, Department of Pediatric Urology, University Children's Hospital University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Tom P. V. M. de Jong, M.D., Ph.D., F.E.A.P.U., University Children's Hospital University Medical Center Utrecht, Lundlaan 8, P.O. Box 85090, Utrecht 3508 AB The Netherlands
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  • Christian Radmayr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Pieter Dik

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Renal Center, Department of Pediatric Urology, University Children's Hospital University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Rafal Chrzan

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Renal Center, Department of Pediatric Urology, University Children's Hospital University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Aart J. Klijn

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Renal Center, Department of Pediatric Urology, University Children's Hospital University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Laetitia de Kort

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Renal Center, Department of Pediatric Urology, University Children's Hospital University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Pediatric Urology Club Meeting, Stans, Austria, January 2007

Received 12 May 2007 ,Accepted 24 April 2008.

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PII: S0090-4295(08)00525-6

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.04.037

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 5 , Pages 1022-1025 , November 2008

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