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Are radiological tests for the diagnosis and investigation of urinary tract infection useful in children?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Author: Ochoa Sangrador C1.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora. España.
Correspondence: Carlos Ochoa Sangrador. Email: cochoas@meditex.es
Publication date: 01/09/2007

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Ochoa Sangrador C. ¿Son clínicamente útiles las pruebas diagnósticas de imagen que empleamos en los pacientes con infección urinaria? Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:59.

ED | Editorial

Author: Ochoa Sangrador C1.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora. España.
Correspondence: Carlos Ochoa Sangrador. Email: cochoas@meditex.es
Publication date: 01/09/2007

How to cite this article

Ochoa Sangrador C. ¿Son clínicamente útiles las pruebas diagnósticas de imagen que empleamos en los pacientes con infección urinaria? Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:59.

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