Evaluation of Urinary Indices for Albuminuria and Proteinuria in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

• Main Authors: Dennis Sung Chul Hong (Author), Il Hwan Oh (Author), Joon-Sung Park (Author), Chang Hwa Lee (Author), Chong Myung Kang (Author), Gheun-Ho Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Either protein-to-creatinine ratio (PCR) or albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) can be adopted for estimation of proteinuria in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Estimated protein excretion rate (ePER) and estimated albumin excretion rate (eAER) may be superior to ACR and PC...