Usefulness of cyanide-nitroprusside test in detecting incomplete recessive heterozygotes for cystinuria: A standardized dilution procedure

Urological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 401-405

  Finocchiaro, Roberto ^a   D'Eufemia, Patrizia ^a   Celli, Mauro ^a   Zaccagnini, Marisa ^a   Viozzi, Laura ^a   Troiani, Patrizia ^a   Mannarino, Olga ^a   Giardini, Omero ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyanide nitroprusside test; Cystinuria; Heritable disorders; Heterozygotes screening

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CREATININE; CYANIDE; CYSTINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTINURIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DILUTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYANIDES; CYSTEINE; CYSTINURIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NITROPRUSSIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031698372     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050076     Document Type: Article

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