Can the urine dipstick test reduce the need for microscopy for assessment of systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 828-831

  Chan, Rebecca Wing Yan ^a   Chow, Kai Ming ^a   Tam, Lai Shan ^a   Li, Edmund Kwok Ming ^a   Wong, Siu Man ^a   Li, Philip Kam Tao ^a   Szeto, Cheuk Chun ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dipstick; Hematuria; Proteinuria; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index

Indexed keywords

BROMOPHENOL BLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PYURIA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; PYURIA; REAGENT STRIPS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINALYSIS;

EID: 18744372439     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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