title: Familial vesicoureteral reflux in asymptomatic siblings.
abstract: A prospective study was established to identify the incidence of vesicoureteral reflux in the asymptomatic siblings of patients with reflux in our region. Of 32 patients with reflux, 37 siblings were screened with urine analysis, urine culture and contrast voiding cystourethrograms, and six (16.2%) were found to have reflux. Renal scan revealed scarring in five. We concluded that siblings of children with vesicoureteral reflux are at high risk, and must be screened so that renal damage and associated morbidity secondary to reflux might be minimized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ulman
authors.forename: Mervan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arikan
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avanoğlu
authors.forename: Acun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gökdemir
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*