The Journal of Urology
Volume 179, Issue 4 , Pages 1257-1263 , April 2008

The Kidney in Congenital Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction: A Spectrum From Normal to Nephrectomy

  • Seymour Rosen

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 (telephone: 617-667-4344; FAX: 617-975-5620).
    • ,
  • Craig A. Peters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
    • ,
  • Robert L. Chevalier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
    • ,
  • Weei-Yuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Received 4 May 2007

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PII: S0022-5347(07)03087-X

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.11.048

The Journal of Urology
Volume 179, Issue 4 , Pages 1257-1263 , April 2008

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