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Risk and detection of renal scarring following acute pyelonephritis in children over 5 years

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boxed-textAtaei N et al. (2005) Evaluation of acute pyelonephritis with DMSA scans in children presenting after the age of 5 years. Pediatr Nephrol 20: 1439–1444

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