Normoalbuminaemia is associated with IgA nephropathy in primary glomerulopathy with nephrotic-range proteinuria in Chinese patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1247-1252

  Chen, Min ^a,b,c   Zhou, Fu De ^a,b,c   Zhao, Ming Hui ^a,b,c   Wang, Hai Yan ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy; nephrotic; normoalbuminaemia; primary glomerulopathy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALBUMINEMIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; SERUM ALBUMIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953848230     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq553     Document Type: Article

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