Age-related renal parenchymal lesions in children with first febrile urinary tract infections

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-29

  Pecile, Paolo ^a   Miorin, Elisabetta ^a   Romanello, Carla ^a   Vidal, Enrico ^a,c   Contardo, Marzia ^a   Valent, Francesca ^b   Tenore, Alfred ^a  

^a DPMSC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Children; Renal scarring; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 67649593028     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1192     Document Type: Article

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