Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 60-64 , February 2008

Plasma renin activity for monitoring vesicoureteric reflux therapy: Mid-term observations

  • Minu Bajpai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +91 11 2658 8656.
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  • C.S. Bal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • M. Kalaivani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Arun K. Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India

Received 10 January 2007 ,Accepted 19 February 2007.

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PII: S1477-5131(07)00281-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.02.008

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 60-64 , February 2008

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