Urine flow cytometry and detection of glomerular hematuria

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1330-1334

  Scharnhorst, Volkher ^a,b   Gerlag, Paul G G ^a   Nanlohy Manuhutu, Miel L ^a   Van Der Graaf, Fedde ^a  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glomerular hematuria; Non glomerular hematuria; Sediment analysis; Urine flow cytometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLOMERULAR HEMATURIA; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CELL SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

EID: 33750687904     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.248     Document Type: Article

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