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Key articles
Barocas DA, Boorjian SA, Alvarez RD, et al. Microhematuria: AUA/SUFU Guideline. J Urol. 2020 Oct;204(4):778-86.Full text Abstract
Chou R, Dana T. Screening adults for bladder cancer: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med. 2010;5:153:461-468. Abstract
Nielsen M, Qaseem A; High Value Care Task Force of the American College of Physicians. Hematuria as a marker of occult urinary tract cancer: advice for high-value care from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:488-497.Full text Abstract
Linder BJ, Bass EJ, Mostafid H, et al. Guideline of guidelines: asymptomatic microscopic haematuria. BJU Int. 2018 Feb;121(2):176-83.Full text Abstract
American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: hematuria. 2019 [internet publication].Full text
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