Adjuvant effect of vitamin A on recurrent lower urinary tract infections

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 310-313

  Yilmaz, Aygen ^a   Bahat, Elif ^c   Yilmaz, Gulsun Gulay ^b   Hasanoglu, Alev ^d   Akman, Sema ^a   Guven, Ayfer Gur ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Memorial Antalya Hospital   (Turkey)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immunity; Urinary tract infection; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BETA CAROTENE; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RECURRENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URODYNAMICS; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 34249077828     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02370.x     Document Type: Article

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