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Renal pelvis

Known as: Kidney pelvis, Pelvis, Renal, Pelvis of ureter 
The funnel-shaped proximal portion of the ureter located within the kidney into which urine is secreted, from the collecting duct system of the… 
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Acute pyelitisAcute pyelonephritisBlood supply aspectsBody part

Broader (3)

Segment of ureterUreterureter and pelvis

Narrower (3)

Structure of left renal pelvisStructure of major calyxStructure of right renal pelvis

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Highly predictive survival nomogram after upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma
Nephroureterectomy is the surgical standard of care for patients with upper urinary‐tract urothelial carcinoma. The objectives of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A description of radical nephrectomy practice and outcomes in England: 1995–2002
To describe national trends in the practice of radical nephrectomy (RN) in England between 1995 and 2002. 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Correlation of prenatal renal pelvic anteroposterior diameter with outcome in infancy.
Review
1995
Review
1995
August Krogh Lecture. The renal concentrating mechanism in insects and mammals: a new hypothesis involving hydrostatic pressures.
Water moves from compartments of higher to compartments of lower water potential. Osmotically active solutes and negative… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Etiology of cancer of the renal pelvis.
A population-based case--control interview study of cancer of the renal pelvis (74 cases and 697 controls) conducted in the… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Induction of tumours of the urinary system in F344 rats by dietary administration of sodium o-phenylphenate.
Review
1974
Review
1974
Uroepithelial tumors of the renal pelvis associated with abuse of phenacetin‐containing analgesics
This is a review of 62 patients with abuse of phenacetin‐containing drugs and uroepithelial tumors of the renal pelvis. Most of… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Transitional cell tumors of the renal pelvis in analgesic abusers.
In a clinical series of 242 patients with chronic non-obstructive pyelonephritis, 142 patients were classed as chronic abusers of… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Oxygen pressure in urine and its relation to intrarenal blood flow.
Oxygen tensions in renal pelvic urine, renal venous blood and arterial blood (Pu, Pv, Pa) were measured in anesthetized dogs… 
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
A and B Antigens of Normal and Malignant Cells
RECENT work has suggested that loss of antigens occurs in some forms of neoplasia (Weiler, 1956) and, according to one theory… 
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