What Is an Abnormal Urinary Erythrocyte Count as Measured by Test Strips?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 673-675

  Froom, Paul ^a   Etzion, Rachel ^a   Barak, Mira ^a  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT TUMOR; URINE CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT STRIPS; REFERENCE VALUES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 1542380119     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.028589     Document Type: Article

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