Performance of qualitative urinary hCG assays

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 277-279

  Nickmans, S ^a   Vermeersch, P ^a   Van Eldere, J ^a   Billen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Performance; POC; Pregnancy; Qualitative; Urinary hCG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

BELGIUM; BIOCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANCY TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

PERFORMANCE,; POC,; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE,; URINARY HCG,;

BELGIUM; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906955717     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: 22953337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0001551214Z.00000000069     Document Type: Review

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