Is there a role for glycosuria testing in sub-Saharan Africa?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 506-513

  Van Der Sande, Marianne A B ^a   Walraven, Gijs E L ^a   Bailey, Robin ^b   Rowley, Jane T F ^a   Banya, Winston A S ^a   Nyan, Ousman A ^a   Faal, Hannah ^b   Ceesay, Sana M ^a,c   Milligan, Paul J M ^a   McAdam, Keith P W J ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glycosuria; Likelihood ratio; PPV; Sensitivity; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

DIABETES; HEALTH CARE; TESTING METHOD;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY;

(SUB-SAHARA); AFRICA;

EID: 0032800242     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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