Association of significantly elevated plasma levels of NGAL and IGFBP4 in patients with diabetic nephropathy

Abstract Background Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a type of progressive kidney disease affecting approximately 40% of patients with diabetes. Current DN diagnostic criteria predominantly rely on albuminuria and serum creatinine (sCr) levels. However, the specificity and reliability of both markers ar...

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Main Authors: Hamad Ali, Mohamed Abu-Farha, Eman Alshawaf, Sriraman Devarajan, Yousif Bahbahani, Irina Al-Khairi, Preethi Cherian, Zahra Alsairafi, Vidya Vijayan, Fahd Al-Mulla, Abdulnabi Al Attar, Jehad Abubaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-022-02692-z