Can procalcitonin reduce unnecessary voiding cystoureterography in children with first febrile urinary tract infection?

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Published in Iran J Pediatr on July 19, 2014

Authors

Aliasghar Halimi-Asl1, Amir Hossein Hosseini1, Pooneh Nabavizadeh1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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