Detecting microalbuminuria by urinary albumin/creatinine concentration ratio

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 6-9

  Jensen, Jan Skov ^a,b   Clausen, Peter ^a   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^a   Jensen, Gorm ^a   Feldt Rasmussen, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hypertension; Microalbuminuria; Urinary albumin creatinine concentration ratio

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLORIMETRY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROALBUMINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0030807036     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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