Prediction of high-grade vesicoureteral reflux after pediatric urinary tract infection: External validation study of procalcitonin-based decision rule

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Leroy, Sandrine ^a,b,c,d   Bouissou, François ^e   Fernandez Lopez, Anna ^f   Gurgoze, Metin K ^g   Karavanaki, Kyriaki ^h   Ulinski, Tim ⁱ   Bressan, Silvia ^j   Vaos, Geogios ^k   Leblond, Pierre ^l   Coulais, Yvon ^e   Cubells, Carlos Luaces ^m   Denizmen Aygun, A ^g   Stefanidis, Constantinos J ^h   Bensman, Albert ⁱ   DaDalt, Liviana ^j   Gardikis, Stefanos ^k   Bigot, Sandra ^l   Gendrel, Dominique ^d   Bréart, Gérard ^c   Chalumeau, Martin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^g FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h Department of Nephrology A and P Kyriakou Childen's Hospital ^*  (Greece)

ⁱ ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^k Alexandroupolis University Hospital   (Greece)

^l LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^m Sant Joan de Deu Children's Hospital   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER DILATATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY;

CALCITONIN; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 84555203352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029556     Document Type: Article

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