Urinary prognostic biomarkers and classification of IgA nephropathy by high resolution mass spectrometry coupled with liquid chromatography.

IgA nephropathy is the most common cause of primary glomerulonephritis. There are different pathologic biopsy-based scoring systems in use, but there is no consensus among nephrologists yet regarding the best classification method. Our aim was to test urine proteomics as a non-invasive method for cl...

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Main Authors: Shiva Kalantari, Dorothea Rutishauser, Shiva Samavat, Mohsen Nafar, Leyla Mahmudieh, Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani, Roman A Zubarev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3855054?pdf=render