The efficacy of imaging studies after a first febrile urinary tract infection in young children with normal prenatal ultrasonographic findings

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-297

  Kim, Gi Young ^a   Lee, Sung Won ^a   Moon, Hong Sang ^a   Park, Hae Young ^a   Choi, Hong Yong ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Imaging techniques; Urinary tract infections; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETER DILATATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 33744828255     PISSN: 04944747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2006.47.3.293     Document Type: Article

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