Proteinuria thresholds are irrational: A call for proteinuria indexing

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ellam, Timothy J ^a   El Nahas, Meguid ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Glomerular filtration rate; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

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

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NEPHRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; PROTEOMICS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

ALBUMINURIA; BODY COMPOSITION; CREATININE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEPHRONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; REFERENCE VALUES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 78650675954     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: 16602110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321687     Document Type: Article

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