Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 184-188 , June 2007

The prognostic value of relative renal function greater than 51% in the pelvi-ureteric junction-obstructed kidney on 99mtechnetium mercaptoacetyltriglycine study

  • David Ben-Meir

      Affiliations

    • Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic. 3052, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9345 5801; fax: +61 3 9345 6668.
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  • John M. Hutson

      Affiliations

    • Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic. 3052, Australia
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  • Susan Donath

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistic Unit, Murdoch Children's Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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  • David Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Latrobe, Melbourne, Australia
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  • David J. Cook

      Affiliations

    • Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic. 3052, Australia

Received 17 April 2006 ,Accepted 6 September 2006.

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PII: S1477-5131(06)00166-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2006.09.004

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 184-188 , June 2007

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