The urine protein heat coagulation test - A useful screening test for proteinuria in pregnancy in developing countries: A method validation study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-494

  Dissanayake, Vajira H W ^a,b   Morgan, Linda ^b   Pipkin, Fiona Broughton ^b   Vathanan, Veluppillai ^c   Premaratne, Samanthi ^c   Jayasekara, Rohan W ^a   Seneviratne, Harshalal R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c De Soysa Hospital for Women   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE; URINE PROTEIN HEAT COAGULATION TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROTEINS; PROTEINURIA; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; URINALYSIS;

EID: 2442568810     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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