Clinical significance of proteinuria in pregnancy

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-124

  Airoldi, James ^a   Weinstein, Louis ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PROTEIN;

CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE DIPSTICK TEST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEINURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846430009     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000253301.55009.ac     Document Type: Review

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