Micro-albuminuria in Ugandan children with sickle cell anaemia: A cross-sectional study

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-121

  Mawanda, M ^a   Ssenkusu, J M ^b   Odiit, A ^b   Kiguli, S ^b   Muyingo, A ^a   Ndugwa, C ^b  

^a St Mary's Hospital Lacor Uganda   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IBUPROFEN; NITRITE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCREENING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UGANDA; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMINURIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; UGANDA; URINE;

EID: 79956264831     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1465328111Y.0000000013     Document Type: Article

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