Evaluation of the association between microalbuminuria and the urine albumin-creatinine ratio and systemic disease in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 958-963

  Whittemore, Jacqueline C ^a   Gill, Virginia L ^a,d   Jensen, Wayne A ^b   Radecki, Steven V ^c   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Animal Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIURIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIP STICK TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; EVALUATION; HEMATURIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PYURIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TEMPERATURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ALBUMINURIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748798218     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.6.958     Document Type: Article

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