A Comparison of Urinary Albumin-Total Protein Ratio to Phase-Contrast Microscopic Examination of Urine Sediment for Differentiating Glomerular and Nonglomerular Bleeding

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-241

  Ohisa, Noriko ^a,b   Yoshida, Katsumi ^c   Matsuki, Ryoko ^a   Suzuki, Hiromi ^a   Miura, Hideto ^a   Ohisa, Yoshiharu ^a   Murayama, Nobuki ^a   Kaku, Mitsuo ^d   Sato, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

albumin to total protein (albumin total protein) ratio; dysmorphic erythrocytes; glomerular diseases; Hematuria; microscopic observation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HUMAN ALBUMIN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT;

ALBUMINS; BIOPSY; CREATININE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINE;

EID: 47149109676     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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