Investigating asymptomatic invisible haematuria

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hole, Barnaby ^a   Whittlestone, Tim ^a   Tomson, Charles ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN CREATININE RATIO; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ASYMPTOMATIC INVISIBLE HEMATURIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRESSIVE KIDNEY DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; URINARY TRACT CANCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE DIPSTICK TESTING; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; UROLOGIST; CYSTOSCOPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; URINALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CYSTOSCOPY; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; URINALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84911383235     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6768     Document Type: Article

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