Protein:creatinine ratio in random urine samples is a reliable marker of increased 24-hour protein excretion in hospitalized women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1623-1628

  Leaños Miranda, Alfredo ^a,b   Márquez Acosta, Janeth ^a   Romero Arauz, Fernando ^a   Cárdenas Mondragón, Guadalupe M ^a   Rivera Leaños, Roxana ^a   Isordia Salas, Irma ^a   Ulloa Aguirre, Alfredo ^a  

^a Hospital Luis Castelazo Ayala   (Mexico)

^b Research Unit in Reproductive Medicine   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548361382     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.089334     Document Type: Article

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