Availability of urinary albumin measurement in Southern Brazilian laboratories
Introduction: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading worldwide cause of end-stage renal disease. The current recommendation is to screen for DKD by evaluating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and measuring urinary albumin (UA) levels in a spot sample. The aim of this study was to ev...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
2015-03-01
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Series: | Clinical and Biomedical Research |
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Online Access: | http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/50845 |