ADJUNCTIVE ORAL CORTICOSTEROIDS REDUCE RENAL SCARRING: THE PIGLET MODEL OF REFLUX AND ACUTE EXPERIMENTAL PYELONEPHRITIS
Authors:
- Hans G. PohlHPHans G. Pohl
- H. GIL RushtonHRH. GIL Rushton
- Jae-Shin ParkJPJae-Shin Park
- Roma ChandraRCRoma Chandra
- Massoud MajdMMMassoud Majd
- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 162 (3 Part 1) , 815-820
Abstract
Purpose: We investigate the efficacy of antibiotics combined with corticosteroid in diminishing post-pyelonephritic renal scarring compared to standard antibiotic therapy.Materials and Meth...Keywords
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