Denominators do matter: It's a myth - urinary tract infection does not cause chronic kidney disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 984-985

  Craig, Jonathan C ^a   Williams, Gabrielle J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCINTIGRAPHY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; URETER DILATATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 80355143148     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2631     Document Type: Note

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