Problems in methods for the detection of significant proteinuria in pregnancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 161-166

  Yamada, Takahiro ^a   Kojima, Takashi ^a   Akaishi, Rina ^a   Ishikawa, Satoshi ^a   Takeda, Masamitsu ^a   Kawaguchi, Satoshi ^a   Nishida, Ryutaro ^a   Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creatinine in the urine; Protein to creatinine ratio; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

24 HOUR URINE TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIPSTICK TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOT URINE; SPOT URINE PROTEIN TO CREATININE RATIO; URINALYSIS;

CREATININE IN THE URINE; PROTEIN-TO-CREATININE RATIO; PROTEINURIA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; PROTEINURIA; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84895439573     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12148     Document Type: Article

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