Comparison of instrument-read dipsticks for albumin and creatinine in urine with visual results and quantitative methods

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 280-284

  Pugia, Michael J ^a   Lott, John A ^b,f   Luke, Karl E ^a   Shihabi, Zak K ^c   Wians Jr , Frank H ^d   Phillips, Lawrence ^e  

^a BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin concentrations; Albumin creatinine ratio; Creatinine values; Microalbuminuria

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCREENING TEST; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; AUTOANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CREATININE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031716114     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1998)12:5<280::AID-JCLA5>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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