The "top-down" approach to the evaluation of children with febrile urinary tract infection

Advances in Urology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pohl, Hans G ^a   Belman, A Barry ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 65349154539     PISSN: 16876369     EISSN: 16876377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/783409     Document Type: Article

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