Evaluation of the ARKRAY AUTION Eleven® reflectometer in detecting microalbuminuria with AUTION Screen® test strips and proteinuria with AUTION Sticks 10PA® strips

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-64

  Kouri, T ^a   Nokelainen, P ^a   Pelkonen, V ^a   Kosaka, H ^b   Saeger, B ^b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ARKRAY Healthcare Pvt Ltd   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Diabetic nephropathies; Point of care systems; Proteinuria; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPPA STATISTICS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTEINURIA; PYROGALLOL; REAGENT STRIPS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 61649112239     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510802322419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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