Proteinuria in pre-eclampsia-does it matter any more?

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 563-565

  Brown, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; URINALYSIS; URINE;

CREATININE;

CREATININE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84867019769     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2012.190     Document Type: Short Survey

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