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    Predicting childhood chronic kidney disease severity in infants with posterior urethral valve: a critical analysis of creatinine values in the first year of life

    Posterior urethral valve (PUV) is a leading cause of chronic kidney failure in children. Studies have shown that a creatinine nadir above historical cutoff values of 0.8 or 1.0 mg/dL correlates with worse kidn...

    Charlotte Q. Wu, Emily S. Blum, Dattatraya Patil, H. Stella Shin in Pediatric Nephrology (2022)

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    Posterior Urethral Valves

    Posterior urethral valves are rare, congenital obstructive membranous folds in the urethra that can lead to a range of bladder and renal complications for children. The mainstay of treatment is valve ablation....

    Charlotte Q. Wu, Edmond Ntaganda, Adam B. Hittelman, Stefan Wolke in Pediatric Surgery (2020)