Asymptomatic bacteriuria and vesicoureteral reflux in children

Kidney International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 312-329

  Linshaw, Michael ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COLCHICINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIURIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS; MONKEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0029833755     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.317     Document Type: Article

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