Urinary α1-microglobulin detects uropathy. A prospective study in 483 urological patients

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 309-315

  Everaert, Karel ^a   Delanghe, Joris ^a   Vande Wiele, Christophe ^a   Hoebeke, Piet ^a   Dierckx, Rudy A ^a   Clarysse, Bart ^b   Lameire, Norbert ^a   Oosterlinck, Willem ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; Kidney; Microglobulin; Proteinuria; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATITIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROLOGIC DISEASES; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0031814430     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1998.052     Document Type: Article

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