Paediatrician's responses to an evidence summary about renal tract imaging tests in children after urinary tract infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-275

  Williams, Gabrielle J ^a,b   Sureshkumar, Premala ^a,b   Wheeler, Danielle ^c   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; PEDIATRICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 77950335823     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.155705     Document Type: Article

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