The total urine protein-to-creatinine ratio can predict the presence of microalbuminuria.

The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes chronic kidney disease (CKD) guidelines recommend that CKD be classified based on the etiology, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and degree of albuminuria. The present study aimed to establish a method that predicts the presence of microalbuminuria by me...

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Main Authors: Kyoko Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Katsumi Yoshida, Koichiro Niwa, Yutaro Nishi, Atsushi Mizuno, Masanari Kuwabara, Taku Asano, Kunihiro Sakoda, Hiroyuki Niinuma, Fumiko Nakahara, Kyoko Takeda, Chiyohiko Shindoh, Yasuhiro Komatsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3948741?pdf=render