False-positive microhematuria in dipsticks urinalysis caused by the presence of semen in urine

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-231

  Mazouz, Benjamin ^a   Almagor, Miriam ^a  

^a BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

False positive microhematuria; Semen; Urinalysis; Urine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; POSTCOITAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037407489     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(02)00473-3     Document Type: Article

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