A holistic approach to CAKUT (Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract)
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Keywords CAKUT (Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract), urinary tract infection, chronic kidney disease, follow-up. Editorial " Structure does not determine Function or vice versa, but both are simply different ways of regarding and describing the same thing. "
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Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT).
Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) are found in 3-6 out of 1.000 of the newborns, or according to some statistics they are represented in 0.5% of all pregnancies. Congenital abnormalities of the kidneys and urinary tract present a family of diseases of various anatomic spectrum, including renal anomalies, and anomalies of the bladder and urethra. The study was retrosp...
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