Diagnostic approach in patients with asymptomatic haematuria: Efficient or not?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 557-561

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

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glomerular haematuria; Haematuria; Proteinuria; Urinary sediment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY CAST; URINE CULTURE; URINE CYTOLOGY; URINE SEDIMENT; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; UROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33646261404     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2006.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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