Prevalence of microalbuminuria and associated electrocardiographic abnormalities in an Indo-Asian population

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2111-2116

  Jafar, Tazeen H ^a,b,c   Qadri, Zeeshan ^b   Hashmi, Shiraz ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Microalbuminuria

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TOBACCO; URINALYSIS;

ALBUMINURIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 67651109008     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp042     Document Type: Article

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