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UTI in infancy: are voiding cystourethrography and prophylactic antibiotics necessary?

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    Hee Gyung Kang, Beom Hee Lee & Yong Choi

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Kang, H.G., Lee, B.H. & Choi, Y. UTI in infancy: are voiding cystourethrography and prophylactic antibiotics necessary?. Pediatr Nephrol 24, 1599–1601 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-009-1131-z

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