The (fixed) urinary sediment, a simple and useful diagnostic tool in patients with haematuria

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-9

  Huussen, J ^a   Koene, R A P ^a   Hilbrands, L B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MICROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT; ALGORITHM; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; URINE;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PREVALENCE; URINALYSIS; UROLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 2342501742     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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