Plasma and urinary adrenomedullin levels in children with acute pyelonephritis

Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 487-490

  Kalman, Süleyman ^a,c   Buyan, Necla ^a   Yürekli, Muhittin ^b   Özkaya, Ozan ^a   Bakkaloglu, Sevcan ^a   Söylemezoǧlu, Oǧuz ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Adrenomedullin; Peptide; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; CREATININE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; PEPTIDES; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 28444438826     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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