Assessment of proteinuria in pregnancy

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7651, 2008, Pages 968-969

  Chappell, Lucy C ^b   Shennan, Andrew H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 43249131668     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39540.657928.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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