Comparison between 24-h proteinuria, urinary protein/creatinine ratio and dipstick test in patients with nephropathy: Patterns of proteinuria in dipstick-negative patients

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-308

  Gai, M ^a,b   Motta, D ^a,b   Giunti, S ^b   Fop, F ^a,b   Masini, S ^a,b   Mezza, E ^a,b   Segoloni, G P ^a,b   Lanfranco, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

24 h proteinuria; Dipstick test; Laboratory methods; Nephropathy; Proteinuria; Urinary protein creatinine ratio

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIPSTICK TEST; DISEASE MARKER; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATININE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; REAGENT STRIPS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745328102     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510600608563     Document Type: Article

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