Serum Procalcitonin Level is a Useful Predictor of Dilating Vesicoureteral Refl ux in Patients with First Febrile Urinary Tract Infection
<p><strong>Background: </strong>Procalcitonin (PCT) has been proposed as a novel biomarker for prediction of Vesicoureteral Refl ux (VUR). Since VUR is the most important risk factor for occurrence of pyelonephritis and renal tissue infl ammation, serum PCT level may have a relatio...
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Main Authors: | Sherein Abdelhamid Shalaby (Author), Mohamed Fathelbab Elsayed (Author) |
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Archives of Clinical Nephrology - Peertechz Publications,
2017-02-20.
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