Determining the value of albumin to creatinine ratio in a single morning sample, compared to the 24-hour urinary albumin excretion test, for determining micro-albuminuria in diabetic patients

Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Lipid Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Valizadeh, M ^a   Nasser Farahmand, A ^b   Mousavi Nasab, N ^b   Tabatabaei Malazy, O ^c  

^a ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

24 hour urine albumin; Albumin creatinine ratio; Diabetic nephropathy; Micro albuminuria

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 75749152678     PISSN: 17267544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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