Imaging after urinary tract infection in male neonates

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1232-1235

  Goldman, Michael ^a   Lahat, Eli ^a   Strauss, Simon ^a   Reisler, Gad ^a   Livne, Amir ^a   Gordin, Lital ^a   Aladjem, Mordechay ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Imaging; Male; Neonate; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URETHRA VALVE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0034119346     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.6.1232     Document Type: Article

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