Advances in Urology
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 459630, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/459630
Review Article

Vesicoureteral Reflux: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Going?

Gordon A. McLorie

School of Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA

Received 3 April 2008; Accepted 11 August 2008

Academic Editor: Walid A. Farhat

Copyright © 2008 Gordon A. McLorie. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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