Renal cortical involvement in children with first UTI: Does it differ in the presence of primary VUR?

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 877-881

  Aktaş, Gül Ege ^a,b   Inanır, Sabahat ^b   Turoğlu, Halil Turgut ^b  

^a Altunizade   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

DMSA; Pyelonephritis; Reflux; VCUG

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 58249118732     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-008-0202-8     Document Type: Article

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