Dipstick proteinuria: Caveat emptor

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1113-1115

  Halligan, Aidan W F ^a   Bell, Stephen C ^a   Taylor, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NOTE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; URINALYSIS;

HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032700160     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08133.x     Document Type: Note

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