Unexplained extra visits to general practitioners before the diagnosis of first urinary tract infection: a case-control study.

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Published in Arch Dis Child on December 01, 2002

Authors

J H Van Der Voort1, A G Edwards, R Roberts, R G Newcombe, K Verrier Jones

Author Affiliations

1: KRUF Children's Kidney Centre, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK. jhvandervoort@hotmail.com

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