Pelvic ectopic kidney with acute pyelonephritis: wolf in sheep's clothing

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517.e3-517.e4

  Tsao, Yu Tzu ^a   Lin, Shih hua ^a   Lin, Yuh Feng ^a   Chu, Pauling ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 41849139589     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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