A preliminary evaluation of the interaction between urine specific gravity and leukocyte esterase results using Bayer Multistix® and the Clinitek® 500

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 579-581

  Lyon, Martha E ^a,b   Ball, Cindy L ^b   Lyon, Andrew W ^a,b   Walpole, Eleanor ^b   Church, Deirdre L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leukocyte esterase; Microscopic examination; Sensitivity; Urine dipstick; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTION; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINE; URINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 0141953271     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(03)00095-X     Document Type: Article

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