Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 161-165 , January 2010

Intractable Voiding Dysfunction in Children With Normal Spinal Imaging: Predictors of Failed Conservative Management

  • Jonathan J. Stone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery and Urology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
    • ,
  • Curtis J. Rozzelle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
    • ,
  • Saul P. Greenfield

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Urology, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Saul P. Greenfield, M.D., Department of Pediatric Urology, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, 219 Bryant St, Buffalo, New York, NY 14222

Received 12 February 2009 ,Accepted 13 June 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02329-2

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.06.100

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 161-165 , January 2010

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