The effect of physiological urine dilution on pregnancy test results in complicated early pregnancies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 462-465

  Ikomi, Amaju ^a   Matthews, Margaret ^a   Kuan, Ah Mun ^a   Henson, Gaye ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DILUTION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TROPHOBLAST; URINALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

EID: 0031837821     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10135.x     Document Type: Article

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