Urine microscopy in acute kidney injury: Time for a change

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 657-660

  Claure Del Granado, Rolando ^a   MacEdo, Etienne ^a   Mehta, Ravindra L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MICROANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PROTEINURIA; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE MICROSCOPY; URINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 79954577780     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.11.020     Document Type: Editorial

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