Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 261-268 , July 2007

Renal Infection and Vesico-Ureteric Reflux

  • Monica A. Rossleigh, MBBS (Hons), MD, FRACP

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Monica A. Rossleigh, MBBS (Hons), MD, FRACP, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Prince of Wales and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Barker Street, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2007.02.006

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 261-268 , July 2007

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