Diagnostic accuracy of a reagent strip for assessing urinary albumin excretion in the general population

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1490-1494

  Graziani, Maria Stella ^a,c   Gambaro, Giovanni ^b   Mantovani, Lucilla ^a   Sorio, Alessandro ^a   Yabarek, Tewoldemedhn ^b   Abaterusso, Cataldo ^b   Lupo, Antonio ^b   Rizzotti, Paolo ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile Maggiore   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albumincreatinine ratio; CKD; Diabetic nephropathy; Dipstick urinalysis; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ALBUMIN CREATININE RATIO; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NEPHELOMETRY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STORAGE; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS;

ALBUMINURIA; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 65249157933     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn639     Document Type: Article

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