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Table of Contents:

List of contributors
Preface
1 Epidemiology and genetics of genitourinary malformations 1
2 The embryological basis of urinary tract malformations 24
3 Pathology of the kidney and urinary tract in infancy 38
4 Fetal renal function 54
5 The kidney/lung loop 62
6 Obstetric management of prenatally diagnosed uropathies 78
7 Fetal intervention 96
8 Incidence: facts and figures 115
9 Renal function in the infant and management of renal failure 124
10 Urinary tract infection in the first year of life 138
11 Pathophysiology and diagnosis of upper tract obstruction in the newborn and infant 150
12 A rational approach to imaging newborns and infants with idiopathic hydronephrosis or hydroureteronephrosis 160
13 Controversies in the management of prenatally detected hydronephrosis in the well infant 184
14 Posterior urethral valves and other congenital anomalies of the urethra 195
15 Vesicoureteric reflux 209
16 Duplication and other anomalies of the kidney and ureter 222
17 Cystic renal disease in childhood 237
18 Congenital disorders of the bladder 250
19 Prenatal diagnosis and management of genital abnormalities 264
20 Postnatal investigation and management of genital and intersex anomalies 276
21 The prenatal and neonatal testis 293
22 Genitourinary malignancies in the first year of life 300
23 Ethical aspects of prenatal diagnosis 313
Index 323