Serum levels of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 as diagnostic markers of acute pyelonephritis in children

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 218-223

  Mahyar, Abolfazl ^a   Ayazi, Parviz ^a   Maleki, Mohammad Reza ^a   Daneshi Kohan, Mohammad Mahdi ^a   Sarokhani, Hamid Reza ^a   Hashemi, Hassan Jahani ^a   Talebi Bakhshayesh, Mousa ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84878431083     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2013.56.5.218     Document Type: Article

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