- ►asnjournals.org D de Zeeuw, HH Parving, RH Henning - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2006 - Am Soc Nephrol Excretion of albumin in the urine is highly variable, ranging from nondetectable
quantities to milligrams of albumin and even grams of albumin. Microalbuminuria
is defined as low levels of urinary albumin excretion of 30 to 300 mg/d. ... Cited by 66 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►asnjournals.org MR Weir - Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2007 - Am Soc Nephrol To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), management strategies are
increasingly focusing on preventive measures following early detection of
markers of atherosclerosis. This review focuses on microalbuminuria, which ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
B Haraldsson, J Nystrom, WM Deen - Physiological Reviews, 2008 - Am Physiological Soc This review focuses on the intricate properties of the glomerular barrier. Other
reviews have focused on podocyte biology, mesangial cells, and the glomerular
basement membrane (GBM). However, since all components of the glomerular ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►clinchem.org WHA de Jong, KS Graham, JC van der Molen, … - Clinical Chemistry, 2007 - Am Assoc Clin Chem 1 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center,
University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. 2 Waters Corporation,
Manchester, UK. 3 Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center, ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
K Takahashi, H Bokura, S Kobayashi, K Iijima … - Internal Medicine, 2007 - J-STAGE Background Metabolic syndrome is a characterized by a cluster of cardiovascular
risk factors, including visceral obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and
hypertension. The criteria for diagnosing metabolic syn- drome differ among ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - All 2 versions
E Ritz, R Dikow - Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology, 2006 - medscape.com We are currently confronted with an epidemic of renal failure caused by diabetic
nephropathy. It has become apparent that blood pressure is a major determinant
of the risk of developing diabetic nephropathy; individuals with a genetic ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
LM Ruilope, J Redón, R Schmieder - Vascular Health and Risk Management, 2007 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Endothelial dysfunction is the initial pathophysiological step in a progression
of vascular damage that leads to overt cardiovascular and chronic kidney
disease. Angiotensin II, the primary agent of the renin–angiotensin ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org E Ingelsson, J Sundstrom, L Lind, U Riserus, … - European heart journal, 2007 - Eur Soc Cardiology Methods and results: In a prospective study of 70-year-old men free from HF at
baseline (n = 1106), UAER (from timed overnight samples) was analysed with
established risk factors for HF [acute MI before baseline, acute MI during ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
PE de Jong, RT Gansevoort - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2008 - ERA-EDTA In this issue of the journal, Glassock and Winearls question the need to
conclude that there is an epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD) [1], while
Coresh et al. emphasize in their response that there definitely is a need ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org Z Wang, WE Hoy - International journal of epidemiology, 2006 - IEA Methods Urine albumin to creatinine ratios (ACRs) were obtained from 882
Aboriginal people aged 20–74 years from one community. Among them 750 were
free of either clinical known diabetes or newly diagnosed diabetes ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 13 versions
