Role of urinary screening programmes in children in the prevention of chronic kidney disease

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-7

  Yap, Hui Kim ^a,b   Quek, C M ^a   Shen, Q ^a   Joshi, V ^c   Chia, K S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c National Kidney Foundation   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Haematuria; Population; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KOREA; MALAYSIA; MASS SCREENING; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 15044355535     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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