The significance of serum uric acid, creatinine and urinary microprotein levels in predicting pre-eclampsia

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-19

  Weerasekera, Deepal S ^a,b   Peiris, Hemantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; PROTEIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROALBUMINURIA; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URIC ACID;

EID: 0037260756     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144361021000043155     Document Type: Article

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