Hemocue urine albumin point-of-care test shows strong agreement with the results obtained with a large nephelometer

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 422-423

  Florvall, Gösta ^a   Basu, Samar ^a   Helmersson, Johanna ^a   Larsson, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEPHELOMETRY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; ALBUMINURIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

AGED; ALBUMINURIA; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33646384956     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.29.02.06.dc05-1080     Document Type: Article

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