Effects of midstream collection and the menstrual cycle on urine particles and dipstick urinalysis among healthy females

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 188-190

  Morimoto, Mie ^a   Yanai, Hidekatsu ^b   Shukuya, Kenichi ^c   Chiba, Hitoshi ^b   Kobayashi, Kunihiko ^b   Matsuno, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; TECHNIQUE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REFERENCE VALUES; URINALYSIS; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037230627     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.1.188     Document Type: Article

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