Sonographic assessment of renal growth in patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome renal nomogram

Sonographic assessment of renal growth in patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome renal nomogram

BACKGROUND: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome is a disorder of somatic overgrowth. Evidence of kidney overgrowth is a diagnostic criterion that may be used to help identify those patients who are at the greatest risk of developing Wilms tumors. In such subjects, kidney size is typically larger than that o...

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Main Authors: Clara L Ortiz-Neira, Jeffrey Traubici, Daneman Alan, Rahim Moineddin, Cheryl Shuman, Rosanna Weksberg, Monica Epelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2009-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Renal length
Wilms Tumor
Renal nomogram
Practical chart
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322009000100008

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