Re: Usefulness of serum procalcitonin level for prediction of vesicoureteral reflux in pediatric urinary tract infection.

Iran J Kidney Dis

Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Published: July 2014

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