Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

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Is there a simple and less invasive way to accurately diagnose acute pyelonephritis?

  • Kim, Seong Heon (Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University Children's Hospital)
  • Received : 2019.10.01
  • Accepted : 2019.11.15
  • Published : 2019.12.15
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