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Vesicoureteral Reflux
Chronic atrophic pyelonephritis; Vesicoureteric reflux; Nephropathy - reflux; Ureteral reflux
Prevention
Quickly treating conditions that cause reflux of urine into the kidney may prevent reflux nephropathy.
References
In: Brenner BM, ed. Brenner: Brenner and Rector's the Kidney. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 14.
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