Normal values of overnight albumin excretion rate in a sample of healthy Italian children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 639-643

  Lorini, Renata ^a,c   D'Annunzio, Giuseppe ^a   Vitali, Letizia ^a   Scaramuzza, Andrea ^a   Bacchella, Luisa ^b   Zonta, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Clinica del Lavoro Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Healthy children and adolescents; Microalbuminuria; Overnight albumin excretion; Urinary albumin concentration

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PROTEINURIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031726319     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.1998.11.5.639     Document Type: Article

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