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Acta PaediatricaVolume 88, Issue s431 p. 1-2 Free Access Introduction U Jodal, Corresponding Author U Jodal Department of Paediatrics, Goteborg University, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Göteborg, SwedenU Jodal, Department of Paediatrics, The Queen Silvia Children'sSearch for more papers by this author U Jodal, Corresponding Author U Jodal Department of Paediatrics, Goteborg University, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Göteborg, SwedenU Jodal, Department of Paediatrics, The Queen Silvia Children'sSearch for more papers by this author First published: 02 January 2007 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1999.tb01312.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. References 1 Weiss S, Parker F. Pyelonephritis: its relation to vascular lesions and to arterial hypertension. Medicine (Baltimore) 1939; 18: 221– 315 2 Hodson CJ, Edwards D. Chronic pyelonephritis and vesicoureteric reflux. Clin Radiol 1960; 11: 219– 31 3 Hutch JA. Vesicoureteral reflux in the paraplegic: cause and correction. J Urol 1952; 68: 457– 67 4 Politano VA, Leadbetter WF. Operative technique for the correction of vesicoureteral reflux. J Urol 1958; 79: 932– 41 5 King LR, Kazmi SO, Belman AB. Natural history of vesicoureteral reflux. Outcome of a trial on nonoperative therapy. Urol Clin North Am 1974; 1: 441– 55 6 Normand C, Smellie J. Vesicoureteric reflux: the case for conservative management. In: J Hodson, P Kincaid-Smith, editors. Reflux nephropathy. New York : Masson, 1979: 281– 6 7 Baker R, Maxted W, Maylath J, Shuman I. Relation of age, sex and infection to reflux: data indicating high spontaneous cure rate in pediatric patients. J Urol 1966; 95: 27– 32 8 Mulcahy JJ, Kelalis PP. Non-operative treatment of vesicoureteral reflux. J Urol 1978; 120: 336– 7 9 Edwards D, Normand C, Prescod N, Smellie J. Disappearance of vesicoureteric reflux during long-term prophylaxis of urinary tract infection in children. Br Med J 1977; 2: 285– 8 10 Aladjem M, Boichis H, Hertz M, Herzfeld S, Raviv U. The conservative management of vesicoureteric reflux: a review of 121 children. J Pediatr 1980; 65: 78– 80 11 Birmingham Reflux Study Group. Prospective trial of operative versus non-operative treatment of severe vesicoureteric reflux: two years' observation in 96 children. Br Med J 1983; 287: 171– 4 12 Birmingham Reflux Study Group. Prospective trial of operative versus non-operative treatment of severe vesicoureteric reflux in children: five years' observation. Br Med J 1987; 295: 237– 41 13 Smellie JM, Tamminen-Möbius T, Olbing H, Claesson I, Wikstad I, Jodal U, et al. International reflux study in children: five year study of medical or surgical treatment in children with severe reflux: radiologic renal findings. Pediatr Nephrol 1992; 6: 223– 30 14 Jodal U, Koskimies O, Hanson E, Löhr G, Olbing H, Smellie J, et al. Infection pattern in children with vesicoureteral reflux randomly allocated to operation or long-term antibacterial prophylaxis. J Urol 1992; 148: 1650– 2 15 Hjälmås K, Löhr G, Tamminen-Möbius T, Seppänen J, Olbing H, Wikström S. Surgical results in the International Reflux Study in Children (Europe). J Urol 1992; 148: 1657– 61 16 Tamminen-Möbius T, Brunier E, Ebel KD, Lebowitz R, Olbing H, Seppänen U, et al. Cessation of vesicoureteral reflux for 5 years in infants and children allocated to medical treatment. J Urol 1992; 148: 1662– 6 17 Weiss R, Duckett J, Spitzer A. Results of a randomized clinical trial of medical versus surgical management of infants and children with grades III and IV primary vesicoureteral reflux (United States). J Urol 1992; 148: 1667– 73 18 Duckett J, Walker RD, Weiss R. Surgical results: International Reflux Study in Children—United States branch. J Urol 1992; 148: 1674– 5 19 Smellie J. Commentary: management of children with severe vesicoureteral reflux. J Urol 1992; 148: 1676– 8 20 Esbjörner E, Berg U, Hansson S. Epidemiology of chronic renal failure in children: a report from Sweden 1986-1994. Pediatr Nephrol 1997; 11: 438– 42 21 Winberg J. Management of primary vesico-ureteric reflux in children—operation ineffective in preventing progressive renal damage. Infection 1994; 22: S4– 7 Volume88, Issues431November 1999Pages 1-2 ReferencesRelatedInformation