Evaluation of a urine dipstick test for confirmation or exclusion of proteinuria in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-240

  Zatelli, Andrea ^a   Paltrinieri, Saverio ^b   Nizi, Francesca ^a   Roura, Xavier ^c   Zini, Eric ^d  

^a Clinica Veterinaria Pirani   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RELATIVE DENSITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE DIPSTICK TEST; URINE SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; PROTEINURIA; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77249152353     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.71.2.235     Document Type: Article

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