Looking at the Urine: The Renaissance of an Unbroken Tradition

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 865-872

  Eknoyan, Garabed ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROTEOMICS; URINALYSIS; URINE; UROLITHIASIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 34249005937     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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