Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1977-1983 , October 2009

Perfusion computed tomography could be a new tool for single-session imaging of ureteric obstructive pathology: an experimental study in rats

  • Omer Yilmaz

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    • Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45010, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 236 2323133x322; fax: +90 236 2370213.
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  • Gulgun Y. Ovali

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45010, Turkey
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  • Abdulkadir Genc

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45010, Turkey
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  • Serdar Tarhan

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45010, Turkey
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  • Teoman Ozcan

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45010, Turkey
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  • Ozum Tuncyurek

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45010, Turkey
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  • Yuksel Pabuscu

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45010, Turkey
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  • Can Taneli

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45010, Turkey

Received 7 November 2008 ,Revised 24 December 2008 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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☆ This study was presented at the Turkish Pediatric Surgery Congress held last June 16 to 18, 2008, at Istanbul, Turkey, and was rewarded with best experimental research award named after Prof Ihsan Numanoglu.

☆☆ The study was also presented at the 29th National Radiology Congress held last November 1 to 5, 2008, at Antalya, Turkey, and was also rewarded with the oral presentation award (second prize).

PII: S0022-3468(09)00123-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.01.072

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1977-1983 , October 2009

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