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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Main Authors: Ariana Aguiar Soares, Amanda Veiga Cheuiche, Alexandre Sauer da Silva, Larissa Petermman Jung, Joiza Lins Camargo, Sandra Pinho Silveiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2015-03-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
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Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/50845