Update on childhood urinary tract infections and reflux

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 264-269

  Weiss, Robert A ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIURIA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0031966379     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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