Microalbuminuria: Marker or maker of cardiovascular disease

Nephron - Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Abdelhafiz, Ahmed H ^a   Ahmed, Shameela ^a   El Nahas, Meguid ^b  

^a ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Kidney Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Arterial sclerosis; Glomerulosclerosis; Microalbuminuria; Systemic atherosclerosis; Systemic endothelial dysfunction; Vascular changes

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MICROALBUMINURIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

AGING; ALBUMINURIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051778524     PISSN: 16602129     EISSN: 16602110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328015     Document Type: Review

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