Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor as a biomarker for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; a retrospective analysis

• Main Authors: Miguel Verdelho (Author), Ana Carina Ferreira (Author), Maria Céu Santos (Author), Mário Góis (Author), Helena Viana (Author), Fernanda Carvalho (Author), Francisco Ribeiro (Author), Fernando Nolasco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a clinicopathological syndrome that presents with proteinuria, usually in the nephrotic range and evidence of histologic lesions of focal and segmental glomerular sclerosis with diffuse foot-process effacement. Recently, suPAR (soluble urokina...