Assessing proteinuria in chronic kidney disease: Protein-creatinine ratio versus albumin-creatinine ratio

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2991-2996

  Methven, Shona ^a   MacGregor, Mark S ^a   Traynor, Jamie P ^b   O'Reilly, Denis St J ^c   Deighan, Christopher J ^d  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Clinical Biochemistry Service   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic kidney disease; sensitivity; specificity; urine albumin:creatinine ratio; urine protein:creatinine ratio

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN:CREATININE RATIO; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOTAL PROTEIN:CREATININE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956241900     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq140     Document Type: Article

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