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Proteinuria: How to evaluate an important finding

Waqar Kashif, MD, Nauman Siddiqi, MD, Ayse P. Dincer, MD, H. Erhan Dincer, MD and Sheldon Hirsch, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2003, 70 (6) 535-547;

ABSTRACT

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.

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