Alkalinization of urine samples preserves albumin concentrations during prolonged frozen storage in patients with diabetes mellitus

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 556-559

  Lambers Heerspink, H J ^a,b   Nauta, F L ^b   Van Der Zee, C P ^b   Brinkman, J W ^b   Gansevoort, R T ^b   De Zeeuw, D ^b   Bakker, S J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Clinical Pharmacology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Alkalinization; Frozen storage; Urinary pH

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE PH;

ALBUMINURIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FREEZING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65549101079     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02721.x     Document Type: Article

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