Point-of-care photomicroscopy of urine

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1880-1881

  Mutter, Walter P ^a   Brown, Robert S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SMEAR; CAMERA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIGITAL CAMERA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MOBILE PHONE CAMERA; PHOTOMICROSCOPY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 79955883087     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1013994     Document Type: Letter

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