PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Waqar Kashif AU - Nauman Siddiqi AU - Ayse P. Dincer AU - H. Erhan Dincer AU - Sheldon Hirsch TI - Proteinuria: How to evaluate an important finding DP - 2003 Jun 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 535--547 VI - 70 IP - 6 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/6/535.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/6/535.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Jun 01; 70 AB - Proteinuria is a common laboratory finding in outpatients and should not be discounted. When it is due to a glomerular disease, early diagnosis is important to prevent further renal damage. Proteinuria may also be a marker for progressive atherosclerosis.