"Vesico-Ureteral Reflux" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Retrograde flow of urine from the URINARY BLADDER into the URETER. This is often due to incompetence of the vesicoureteral valve leading to ascending bacterial infection into the KIDNEY.
| Descriptor ID |
D014718
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.829.920 C13.351.968.829.920
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| Concept/Terms |
Vesico-Ureteral Reflux- Vesico-Ureteral Reflux
- Reflux, Vesico-Ureteral
- Vesico Ureteral Reflux
- Vesicoureteral Reflux
- Reflux, Vesicoureteral
- Vesicoureteral Reflux 1
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vesico-Ureteral Reflux" by people in Profiles.
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Birkelund Y, Klemetsen Ø, Jacobsen SK, Arunachalam K, Maccarini P, Stauffer PR. Vesicoureteral reflux in children: a phantom study of microwave heating and radiometric thermometry of pediatric bladder. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2011 Nov; 58(11):3269-78.
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Arunachalam K, Maccarini P, De Luca V, Tognolatti P, Bardati F, Snow B, Stauffer P. Detection of vesicoureteral reflux using microwave radiometry-system characterization with tissue phantoms. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2011 Jun; 58(6):1629-36.
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Murphy AM, Ritch CR, Reiley EA, Hensle TW. Endoscopic management of vesicoureteral reflux in adult women. BJU Int. 2011 Jul; 108(2):252-4.
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Arunachalam K, Maccarini PF, De Luca V, Bardati F, Snow BW, Stauffer PR. Modeling the detectability of vesicoureteral reflux using microwave radiometry. Phys Med Biol. 2010 Sep 21; 55(18):5417-35.
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Halpern EJ, Frauscher F. Diagnosis and grading of vesicoureteral reflux. Radiology. 2002 Jul; 224(1):293; author reply 293-4.