Urinary tract infections and vesicoureteral reflux in infants and children.

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  • Leonard G Feld
  • Tej K Mattoo
چکیده

2010;31;451 Pediatrics in Review Leonard G. Feld and Tej K. Mattoo Urinary Tract Infections and Vesicoureteral Reflux in Infants and Children http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/31/11/451 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/suppl/2011/02/12/31.11.451.DC1.html Data Supplement at: Pediatrics. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0191-9601. Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 60007. Copyright © 2010 by the American Academy of published, and trademarked by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point publication, it has been published continuously since 1979. Pediatrics in Review is owned, Pediatrics in Review is the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. A monthly

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Pediatrics in review

دوره 31 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010