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Increase in spot urine protein excretion is associated with late kidney graft rejection and predicts rejection phenotype.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Jan 2000
Arnol Miha, Oblak Manca, Mlinšek Gregor, Lindič Jelka, Kandus Aljoša, Ferluga Dušan, Kojc Nika, Buturović-Ponikvar Jadranka
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AIMS: A noninvasive test that foretells kidney graft rejection before loss of kidney function would be desirable. We hypothesized that an increase in estimated protein excretion rate (ePER) from spot urine samples is associated with graft rejection and predicts rejection phenotype. METHODS: 151 patients who had undergone first-indication kidney biopsy due to graft dysfunction beyond 3 months after transplant were...
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