Preventing kidney injury in children with neurogenic bladder dysfunction
The most common cause of neurogenic bladder dysfunction (NBD) in newborn infants is myelomeningocele. The pathophysiology almost always involves the bladder detrusor sphincter dyssynergy (DSD), which if untreated can cause severe and irreversible damage to the upper and lower urinary tracts. Early d...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Preventive Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2013;volume=4;issue=12;spage=1359;epage=1364;aulast=Larijani |