The value of simultaneous measurements of urinary albumin and total protein in proteinuric patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1534-1541

  Smith, Edward R ^a,b   Cai, Michael M X ^b   McMahon, Lawrence P ^b   Wright, David A ^a   Holt, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

renal dysfunction; tubular pathology; urine albumin to creatinine ratio; urine albumin to protein ratio; urine protein to creatinine ratio

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALBUMINURIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PROTEINURIA; ROC CURVE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84859319469     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr708     Document Type: Article

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