Urology
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 514-515 , March 2010

Top-down Approach for Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infection

  • Hsi-Yang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hsi-Yang, M.D., Department of Urology, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive, S-287, Stanford, CA 94305
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  • Linda D. Shortliffe

Received 23 March 2009 ,Accepted 31 July 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02295-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.07.1264

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 514-515 , March 2010

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