Haematuria in the rural primary school children in South Western Nigeria-using Combi test strips

Research Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 287-290

  Adesola, Aladekomo Theophilus ^a   Akibu, Oyelami Oyeku ^a   Ademola, Oyedeji Gaebriel ^a   Akinwale, Akinsola ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Combi test strips; Glomerulonephritis; Haematuria; Nigeria; Schitosomiasis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMBI TEST STRIP; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TEST STRIP;

EID: 77953395434     PISSN: 18159346     EISSN: 19936095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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