Diagnostic potential of urinary tumor necrosis factor-alpha in children with acute pyelonephritis

Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-92

  Mohkam, Masoumeh ^a,b   Asgarian, Fahimeh ^a   Fahimzad, Alireza ^a   Sharifian, Mostafa ^a   Dalirani, Reza ^a   Gorgi, Fatemeh Abdollah ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Child; Diagnosis; Pyelonephritis; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE; SUCCIMER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LEUKOCYTURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 67449149968     PISSN: 17358582     EISSN: 17358604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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