Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 56-66 , January 2008

Imaging in Urinary Tract Infections: Current Strategies and New Trends

  • Lorenzo Biassoni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Lorenzo Biassoni, MD, Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Institute of Child Health, University College London, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK.
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  • Samantha Chippington, FRCR

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2007.09.005

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 56-66 , January 2008

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