The renal tubular damage marker urinary N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase may be more closely associated with early detection of atherosclerosis than the glomerular damage marker albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes

BACKGROUND: To determine the association between urinary N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase (NAG), a marker of renal tubulopathy, and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaques in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and to compare the predictive value of NAG versus albuminuria, a marker of...

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Autores principales: Kim, So Ra, Lee, Yong-ho, Lee, Sang-Guk, Kang, Eun Seok, Cha, Bong-Soo, Lee, Byung-Wan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28122570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-017-0497-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28122570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-017-0497-7

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