Screening for microalbuminuria simplified by urine specific gravity

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-319

  Parikh, Chirag R ^a,b   Gyamlani, Geeta G ^a   Carvounis, Christos P ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Apt I 406 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dipstick, urine; Screening; Urine creatinine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE;

ACCURACY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MICROALBUMINURIA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RELATIVE DENSITY; URINALYSIS;

ALBUMINURIA; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GLYCOSURIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SCREENING; REAGENT STRIPS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036052792     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065220     Document Type: Article

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