Value of a standard urinary dipstick test for detecting microalbuminuria in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension

Microalbuminuria may indicate target organ damage in hypertensive patients. However, testing for microalbuminuria is not yet consistently used in general practice. This may be partly due to a lack of data regarding the diagnostic value of practice-based dipstick testing in newly diagnosed hypertensi...

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Published in:	Swiss medical weekly Vol. 135; no. 304; p. 57
Main Author:	Sigle, JP
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 22.01.2005
Subjects:	Albuminuria - complications Albuminuria - diagnosis Female Humans Hypertension Hypertension - complications Hypertension - diagnosis Male microalbuminuria Middle Aged Primary Health Care Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Sensitivity Sensitivity and Specificity Specificity Target organ damage
ISSN:	1424-3997, 1424-7860, 1424-3997
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