Urinary leucine aminopeptidase is a more sensitive indicator of early renal damage in non-lnsulin-dependent diabetics than microalbuminuria

Nephron

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-113

  Bedir, Abdulkerim ^a   Özener, İ Çretin ^b   Emerk, Kaya ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic nephropathies; Leucine aminopeptidase; Non insulin dependent

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; LEUCYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MALE; MICROVILLI; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029738757     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189288     Document Type: Article

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