Urinary schistosomiasis-associated morbidity in schoolchildren detected with urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) reagent strips

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-291

  Russell Stothard, J ^a   Sousa Figueiredo, Jose C ^a   Simba Khamis, I ^b   Garba, Amadou ^c   Rollinson, David ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^c Ministry of Health   (Niger)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Microalbustix ; Schistosoma haematobium; Ultrasonography; Urinary tract pathology; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER PERFORATION; BLADDER WALL; CHILD; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LEACHING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMINURIA; CHILD; CREATININE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT STRIPS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 70149084231     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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