Upper urinary tract infections are associated with RANTES promoter polymorphism

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Centi, Sonia ^a   Negrisolo, Susanna ^a   Stefanic, Alejandra ^a   Benetti, Elisa ^a   Cassar, Walburga ^b   Da Dalt, Liviana ^a   Rigamonti, Waifro ^a   Zucchetta, Pietro ^a   Montini, Giovanni ^c   Murer, Luisa ^a   Artifoni, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Bolzano   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy; DMSA; Urinary tract infection; UTI; Vesicoureteral reflux; VUR

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 78449284358     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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