Acute Pyelonephritis with Perinephric Stranding on CT
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Perirenal fat stranding is not a powerful diagnostic tool for acute pyelonephritis [Corrigendum]
[This corrects the article on p. 137 in vol. 10, PMID: 28507449.].
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2474-1949
DOI: 10.5070/m531037635