Random urine albumin:creatinine ratio in high-risk pregnancy-Is it clinically useful?

Pregnancy Hypertension

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-114

  De Silva, Dane A ^a   Halstead, Anne C ^a   Côté, Anne Marie ^b   Sabr, Yasser ^a   Von Dadelszen, Peter ^a,d   Magee, Laura A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Prenatal Biochemistry Laboratory   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albumin:creatinine ratio; Hypertension; Microalbuminuria; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINALYSIS; URINE ALBUMIN CREATININE RATIO; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 84878929322     PISSN: 22107789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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