Glycosaminoglycans in childhood urinary tract infections

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 937-939

  Cengiz, Nurcan ^a   Baskin, Esra ^a   Anarat, Ruksan ^a   Agras, Pinar Isik ^a   Yildirim, Selman Vefa ^a   Tiker, Filiz ^a   Anarat, Ali ^a   Saatci, Umit ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Glycosaminoglycan; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE LEVEL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; MALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 21344449100     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-1856-2     Document Type: Article

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