Urine sediment examination: A comparison of automated urinalysis systems and manual microscopy

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 28-34

  Chien, Tzu I ^a   Kao, Jau Tsuen ^a,b   Liu, Hui Lan ^a   Lin, Po Chang ^a   Hong, Jhih Sian ^a   Hsieh, Han Peng ^a   Chien, Miao Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automation; Image; Urine microscopy; Urine sediment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT;

AUTOANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 34547838282     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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