Eurofins Biomnis code

DENSU

Specialty

Biochemistry

Clinical significance

The urinary density is the ratio of the weight of a certain volume of urine over the weight of the same volume of water. It is used to determine the renal tubule concentration and dilution capacity. Benefit: hydroelectric imbalance studies

Preanalytics

• 1 tube(s) :
• Sample urine
•   Reftrigerated

• A tube specifically for this analysis : Yes

Further information

1 individual aliquot for this analysis.

Specific equipment available

• Tube for urine sample (4mL)-T28

Methodology

Automated colorimétrique band reading (Siemens)

Turnaround time

2 days