1. Urinary angiotensinogen in pediatric urinary tract infection
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Akihiro Nakao, Hiromichi Shoji, Yumiko Sakurai, Akira Mizutani, Kuniyoshi Hayashi, Toshiaki Shimizu, Nao Miyazaki, Reina Mayumi, Yayoi Murano, Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Taichi Hara, and Reina Yokota
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Urinary system ,Angiotensinogen ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,urologic and male genital diseases ,Gastroenterology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Renal injury ,030225 pediatrics ,Internal medicine ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Prospective Studies ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,female genital diseases and pregnancy complications ,Urinary Tract Infections ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Biomarker (medicine) ,Female ,business ,Biomarkers - Abstract
BACKGROUND Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common diseases in children, and urinary angiotensinogen (U-AGT) is a new biomarker gathering attention in many renal diseases. U-AGT reflects intrarenal renin-angiotensin system (RAS) activity. We conducted a study to measure U-AGT in children
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- 2019
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