Transforming growth factor-β1 in the urine of young children with urinary tract infection

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-183

  Farmaki, Evangelia ^a   Papachristou, Fotis ^a   Winn, Richard M ^a,b   Karatzas, Nicolas ^a   Sotiriou, John ^a   Roilides, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

99mTc Dimercaptosuccinic acid scan; Infancy; Pyelonephritis; Renal scarring; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; SUCCIMER TC 99M; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 12944292883     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1705-8     Document Type: Article

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