Chemical, morphological, and microbiological urine examination: A proposal of guidelines for standardization of preanalytical phase;L'esame chimico, morfologico e colturale delle urine: proposta di linea guida per una procedura standardizzata della fase preanalitica

Biochimica Clinica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-139

  Manoni, Fabio ^a   Caleffi, Alberta ^b   Gessoni, Gianluca ^c   Alessio, Maria Grazia ^d   Lippi, Giuseppe ^b   Valverde, Sara ^c   Ottomano, Cosimo ^d   Silvestri, Maria Grazia ^e   Cappelletti, Piero ^f   Ercolin, Mauro ^a   Schinella, Michele ^g   Saccani, Graziella ^h  

^a Servizio di Medicina di Laboratorio   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Policlinico   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^h Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 79954537661     PISSN: 03930564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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