Prevalence and associations of microalbuminuria in proteinuria-negative patients with type 2 diabetes in two regional hospitals in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Prevalence and associations of microalbuminuria in proteinuria-negative patients with type 2 diabetes in two regional hospitals in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Microalbuminuria (MA) is the earliest clinical evidence of diabetic nephropathy, but most patients in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) only have access to much cheaper dipstick proteinuria as a means to screen for diabetic nephropathy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalenc...

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Main Authors: Nelsy T. Efundem, Jules Clement N. Assob, Vitalis F. Feteh, Simeon-Pierre Choukem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Microalbuminuria
Diabetes
Diabetic nephropathy
Glomerular filtration rate
Cameroon
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2804-5

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