Performance of a reagent strip device for quantitation of the urine albumin: Creatinine ratio in a point of care setting

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 220-227

  Parsons, M ^a   Newman, D J ^a,d   Pugia, M ^b   Newall, R G ^c   Price, C P ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Bayer plc UK   (United Kingdom)

^d EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albumin:creatinine ratio; Diabetic nephropathy; Microalbuminuria; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COPPER; CREATININE; PEROXIDASE; PHTHALEIN; SULFONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROALBUMINURIA; PH; PROTEINURIA; TEST STRIP;

ALBUMINURIA; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REAGENT STRIPS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032917446     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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