Diseases

Vesico-Ureteral Reflux

Retrograde flow of urine from the URINARY BLADDER into the URETER. This is often due to incompetence of the vesicoureteral valve.

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Abstract

Retrograde flow of urine from the URINARY BLADDER into the URETER. This is often due to incompetence of the vesicoureteral valve.

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  • Vesicoureteral Reflux
  • Reflux, Vesico-Ureteral
  • Reflux, Vesicoureteral
  • Vesico Ureteral Reflux
  • Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux
  • Secondary Vesicoureteral Reflux
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux 1
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux Grade1
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux1
  • Grade1, Vesicoureteral Reflux
  • Reflux, Primary Vesicoureteral
  • Reflux, Secondary Vesicoureteral
  • Reflux1, Vesicoureteral
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux, Primary
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux, Secondary
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux1s

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Vesico-Ureteral Reflux. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014718. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014718
  2. Vesico-Ureteral Reflux. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesicoureteral_reflux
  3. Vesico-Ureteral Reflux. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1550521