Re: Predicting urine culture results by dipstick testing and phase contrast microscopy [2]

Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-179

  Pimentel, Jason D ^a   Harris, Owen C ^a  

^a Department of Anatomical Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIUM CELL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PYURIA; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 17844396243     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020500058631     Document Type: Article

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