Urinary retinol binding protein is a marker of the extent of interstitial kidney fibrosis.

Urinary retinol binding protein is a marker of the extent of interstitial kidney fibrosis.

Currently, a non-invasive method to estimate the degree of interstitial fibrosis (IF) in chronic kidney disease is not available in routine. The aim of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the measurement of urinary low molecular weight (LMW) protein concentrations as a method to...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Pallet, Sophie Chauvet, Jean-François Chassé, Marc Vincent, Paul Avillach, Charlene Levi, Vannary Meas-Yedid, Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin, Diane Nga-Matsogo, Philippe Beaune, Eric Thervet, Alexandre Karras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3885590?pdf=render

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