Acanthocytes in the Urine: Useful tool to differentiate diabetic nephropathy from glomerulonephritis?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 190-194

  Heine, Gunnar H ^a   Sester, Urban ^a   Girndt, Matthias ^a   Köhler, Hans ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCYTOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; URINALYSIS;

ACANTHOCYTES; AGED; CREATININE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; URINE;

EID: 1042280189     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.1.190     Document Type: Article

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