Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 398-400 , October 2008

Subtle renal duplication as an unrecognized cause of childhood incontinence: Diagnosis by magnetic resonance urography

  • Jafi A. Lipson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0628, M-372, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Fergus V. Coakley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0628, M-372, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Laurence S. Baskin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Benjamin M. Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0628, M-372, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +415 353 1821; fax: +415 514 0405.

Received 24 December 2007 ,Accepted 16 January 2008.

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PII: S1477-5131(08)00220-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.01.213

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 398-400 , October 2008

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