Urinalysis vs urine protein - Creatinine ratio to predict significant proteinuria in pregnancy

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 461-467

  Dwyer, B K ^a   Gorman, M ^b   Carroll, I R ^a   Druzin, M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINURIA; ROC CURVE;

EID: 47149114813     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.4     Document Type: Article

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