Value of Ultrasound in Evaluation of Infants With First Urinary Tract Infection

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1984-1988

  Preda, Iulian ^a   Jodal, Ulf ^a   Sixt, Rune ^a   Stokland, Eira ^a   Hansson, Sverker ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging; infant; ultrasonography; urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; PELVIC KIDNEY; POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETEROCELE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URETHRA DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77950475767     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.01.032     Document Type: Article

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