Evaluating Serum RBP4 as an Auxiliary Biomarker for CKDu Diagnosis

• Main Authors: Hannah L. F. Swa (Author), Buddhi N. T. Fernando (Author), Shakila Premarathna (Author), Asfa Alli-Shaik (Author), Zeid Badurdeen (Author), Jayantha Gunarathna (Author), Nishantha Nanayakkara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: A chronic interstitial disease, chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu), has emerged as a notable contributor to the CKD burden in rural Sri Lanka. Most therapeutic and diagnostic approaches to CKD focus on glomerular diseases, and thus are not fully applicable to CKDu. Serum...