Accuracy of the urinary albumin to creatinine ratio as a predictor of albuminuria in adults with sickle cell disease

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 973-975

  Lima, Carmen S P ^a   Bottini, P V ^a   Garlipp, C R ^a   Santos, A O ^a   Costa, F F ^a   Saad, S T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEPHELOMETRY; NIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0036903163     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.12.973     Document Type: Article

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