Albumin to creatinine ratio: A screening test with limitations

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1183-1189

  Houlihan, Christine A ^a   Tsalamandris, Con ^a   Akdeniz, Aysel ^a   Jerums, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Albumin excretion rate (AER); Albumin creatinine ratio (ACR); Diabetes; Microalbuminuria

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ONSET AGE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036268101     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.33388     Document Type: Article

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