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Is procalcitonin a good marker of renal lesion in febrile urinary tract infection?

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Cliniques de Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, 5530, Yvoir, Belgium

    David Tuerlinckx, Georges de Bilderling & Eddy Bodart

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques de Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium

    Thierry Vander Borght, Véronique Roelants & Bruno Krug

  3. Department of Microbiology, Cliniques de Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium

    Youri Glupczynski

  4. Department of Biochemistry, Cliniques de Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium

    Laurence Galanti

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Tuerlinckx, D., Vander Borght, T., Glupczynski, Y. et al. Is procalcitonin a good marker of renal lesion in febrile urinary tract infection?. Eur J Pediatr 164, 651–652 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-005-1700-5

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