Review: acute serum procalcitonin levels may indicate pyelonephritis in children with febrile UTIs.
Wacogne
Ian D
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Department of General Paediatrics, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D002648:Child; D005334:Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*
C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide