Proteinuria: pathophysiology, diagnostic and therapeutic approach
Normal urine contains minute amounts of protein. The normal glomerular basement membrane imposes a barrier to large plasma proteins. This effect depends mainly on basement membrane pore size and electrostatic charge. However, a relevant role is also played by podocytes. Smaller proteins are filtered...
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| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/265 |