Stout, pilsner or IPA: A craft beer review of urine colour

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Stout, pilsner or IPA: A craft beer review of urine colour

The Registrar Panel

Thursday 14 December 2017, 05:01 PM

A rainbow of real urine from Tacoma General Hospital lab, photographed by Heather West

In a busy urinalysis lab, the process of dealing with urine colours is sometimes made easier when they are compared to varieties of beer, which cover many of the normal and abnormal colours

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