Comparison of methods for urinary albumin determination in patients with type 1 diabetes

We tested the correlation of the albumin-to-creatinine ratio (A/C) in an early-morning urine sample, measured with a commercial kit (DCA 2000®), with the conventional immunoturbidimetric determination in the laboratory and with overnight albumin excretion rate (reference method). Fifty-five type 1 d...

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Main Authors: C. Khawali, A. Andriolo, S.R.G. Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2002-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000300008