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Urinary Tract Embryology, Anatomy, and Anatomical Variants

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The normal embryonic development of the human kidney has been studied in detail (Potter 1972). Understanding this process is essential in the evaluation of the various structural malformations of the kidney.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Aikaterini Ntoulia MD, PhD

  2. Pediatric Ultrasound Center Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Greece

    Frederica Papadopoulou

  3. Department of Radiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Gabriele Benz-Bohm MD, (Retired)

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Ntoulia, A., Papadopoulou, F., Benz-Bohm, G. (2018). Urinary Tract Embryology, Anatomy, and Anatomical Variants. In: Riccabona, M. (eds) Pediatric Urogenital Radiology. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39202-8_7

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