The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 797-802 , June 2009

Screening Young Children with a First Febrile Urinary Tract Infection for High-grade Vesicoureteral Reflux with Renal Ultrasound Scanning and Technetium-99m-labeled Dimercaptosuccinic Acid Scanning

  • Ming-Dar Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Chen Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fu-Yuan Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsuen-Chiuan Tsai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Medical University Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chang-Ting Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jeng-Daw Tsai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jeng-Daw Tsai, Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, No 92, Section 2, Chungshan North Rd, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 30 May 2008 ,Revised 4 November 2008 ,Accepted 29 December 2008.

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 The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)01150-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.12.045

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 797-802 , June 2009

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