Procalcitonin to reduce the number of unnecessary cystographies in children with a urinary tract infection: a European validation study.

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Published in J Pediatr on January 01, 2007

Authors

Sandrine Leroy1, Carla Romanello, Annick Galetto-Lacour, Vladislav Smolkin, Bartosz Korczowski, Carlos Rodrigo, David Tuerlinckx, Vincent Gajdos, Florence Moulin, Marzia Contardo, Alain Gervaix, Raphaël Halevy, Barbara Duhl, Cristina Prat, Thierry Vander Borght, Laurence Foix-l'Hélias, François Dubos, Dominique Gendrel, Gérard Bréart, Martin Chalumeau

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Epidemiological Unit-Department of Pediatrics, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France.

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