title: [The pediatrician and urinary tract malformations].
abstract: Malformations of the renal system, the most common cause of renal failure in infants, are object of large interest clinically and experimentally. In the present paper we have considered several cases with early prenatal diagnosis and frequent symptoms: urinary tract infections, unilateral or bilateral abdominal mass, alteration of renal function.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Patologia Neonatale, Policlinico S. Matteo, IRCCS di Pavia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiara
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000002:abnormalities; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Il pediatra e le malformazioni dell'apparató urinario.