How to improve the teaching of urine microscopy

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 407-412

  Fogazzi, Giovanni B ^a   Garigali, Giuseppe ^a   Pirovano, Barbara ^b   Muratore, Maria Teresa ^c   Raimondi, Sara ^d   Berti, Silvia ^e  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b TREVIGLIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ASL Viterbo   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^e Menarini Ricerche SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phase contrast microscopy; Polarized light microscopy; Urinalysis; Urinary sediment

Indexed keywords

BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT;

HUMANS; ITALY; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING; URINE;

EID: 33947579942     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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