Proteinuria: how to evaluate an important finding

Proteinuria is a common laboratory finding in outpatients and should not be discounted. When it is due to a glomerular disease, early diagnosis is important to prevent further renal damage. Proteinuria may also be a marker for progressive atherosclerosis.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine 2003-06, Vol.70 (6), p.535-537
Hauptverfasser:	Kashif, Waqar, Siddiqi, Nauman, Dincer, Ayse P, Dincer, H Erhan, Hirsch, Sheldon
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algorithms Arteriosclerosis - complications Arteriosclerosis - diagnosis Arteriosclerosis - physiopathology Humans Kidney Diseases - complications Kidney Diseases - diagnosis Kidney Diseases - physiopathology Mass Screening Proteins - analysis Proteinuria - diagnosis Proteinuria - etiology Proteinuria - physiopathology Urinalysis - methods Urine - chemistry
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Zusammenfassung:	Proteinuria is a common laboratory finding in outpatients and should not be discounted. When it is due to a glomerular disease, early diagnosis is important to prevent further renal damage. Proteinuria may also be a marker for progressive atherosclerosis.
ISSN:	0891-1150 1939-2869
DOI:	10.3949/ccjm.70.6.535