Development of an affordable dye-stained microalbuminuria screening test

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1485-1490

  Tugirimana, Pierrot Lundimu ^a   Delanghe, Joris R ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Clinical Chemistry ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coomassie brilliant blue R 250; Immuno unreactive albumin; Microalbumin; Nigrosin; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMIDO BLACK; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANAZOLENE SODIUM; CELLULOSE ACETATE; COOMASSIE BLUE R 250; DYE; NIGROSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYE BINDING SPOT TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNONEPHELOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEPHELOMETRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCREENING TEST; URINALYSIS;

ALBUMINURIA; AMIDO BLACK; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; COLORING AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65249163323     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn705     Document Type: Article

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