BACKGROUND Proteinuria is an important and well-known biomarker of many forms of kidney injury.Its quantitation is of particular importance in the diagnosis and management of glomerular diseases.Its quantification can...
AIMTo test whether muscle mass evaluated by creatinine excretion (EXCr) is maintained in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treated by peritoneal dialysis (PD), we evaluated repeated measurements of E...
Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease. The evaluation of graft function is mandatory in the management of renal transplant recipients. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR), is gen...
Renal physiology in the healthy oldest old has the fol-lowing characteristics, in comparison with the renal physiology in the young: a reduced creatinine clear-ance, tubular pattern of creatinine back-fltration, pre-...