... in plasma, it is present in normal people’s urine. Until now, risk stratification and chronic kidney disease (CKD) diagnosis have relied on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine albumin/creatinine ratio (uACR), both of which reflect glomerular function or impairment. Tubular dysfunction...

... recruited between January 2009 and December 2014, 314 were enrolled. Serum and urine periostin (uPOSTN) were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We divided the patients into 3 groups by uPOSTN/creatinine (uPOSTN/Cr): group 1 (undetectable), group 2 (lower than the median) and group 3 (higher...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Urine GADD45γ Glomerular filtration rate Disease progression IgA nephropathy A total of 77 patients were diagnosed with IgA nephropathy between September 2005 and August 2007, and 62patients met the clinical criteria...

...Eun-Young Lee; Soo-Hyun Kim; Soo-Kyung Whang; Kyu-Yoon Hwang; Jong-Oh Yang; Sae-Yong Hong Background: Substantial amounts of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are present in the urine of healthy individuals, but the concentration in the serum is very low. This finding suggests that urinary GAGs come from...

...) in children taking random urine and blood samples at the same time and using the formula TP/GFR = Sp – Up × SCr: UCr, in 30 young sicklers all of whom had normal renal function (mean age 7.3 years) and 40 normal matching controls (mean age 6.5 years). The mean serum phosphate value in young sicklers...

...Walter H. Hörl Oral intake of freshly voided morning urine has been recommended for many diseases such as viral or bacterial infections. Symptoms reported during the first days of oral intake of urine include nausea, vomiting, headache, palpitations, diarrhea or fever. Several substances...

... imaging were available. Renal edema was identified by high albuminuria, hyalin cylinders, high urine density and oliguria. Renal hematuria was detected by cylinders of erythrocytes. Hallmarks of chronic renal insufficiency, recognized at autopsy by atrophic kidneys, were hyposthenuria, polyuria and slight...

... of urine, which he termed hyposthenuria. On the basis of these findings, he was the first to introduce the functional concept of renal insufficiency. 23 4 1999 1999 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other...

... of Jos, located in central Nigeria. In the severely malnourished children, the urine levels of all five lysosomal enzymes (expressed as units of enzyme activity per mg creatinine) were markedly increased. The greatest increases were seen with β-hexosaminidase (16-fold) and β-glucuronidase (14-fold...