Acute epididymitis in Greek children: A 3-year retrospective study

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 765-769

  Sakellaris, George S ^a   Charissis, Giorgos C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute scrotum; Children; Epididymitis; Etiology; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; UREA;

ACUTE SCROTUM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EPIDIDYMAL CYST; EPIDIDYMITIS; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MICTURITION DISORDER; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; ORCHITIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PHIMOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTAL SWELLING; TESTIS TORSION; URETHRA STENOSIS; UROFLOWMETRY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDIDYMITIS; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; TESTICULAR DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 44349124651     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0584-y     Document Type: Article

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