Correlation between dipstick urinalysis and urine sediment microscopy in detecting haematuria among children with sickle cell anaemia in steady state in Ilorin, Nigeria

INTRODUCTION: Haematuria is one of the clinical manifestations of sickle cell nephropathy. Although dipstick urinalysis detects haemoglobin and by extension haematuria; it does not confirm haematuria. Urine sediment microscopy confirms haematuria and constitutes a non-invasive “renal biopsy”. The ne...

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Autores principales: Anigilaje, Emmanuel Ademola, Adedoyin, Olanrewaju Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24319525
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.15.135.1854

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24319525
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.15.135.1854

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