Based on new findings from a study of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, investigators suggest revising current guidelines to expand kidney biopsy indications to include isolated proteinuria of any grade.
The effects of combined verinurad and febuxostat treatment were independent of blood pressure.
In a trial of patients with primary membranous nephropathy, corticosteroid-cyclophosphamide induced significantly more and faster remission of nephrotic syndrome than tacrolimus-rituximab.
Housing insecurity linked to higher risk for developing albuminuria.
Canagliflozin vs placebo is associated with increased survival and renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and macroalbuminuria.
Lixisenatide reduces progression of urinary albumin-creatinine ratio in patients with macroalbuminuria.
Genome-wide association study identified novel signal near GABRR1, which was not seen in Asians.
End-stage renal disease is more likely to develop in individuals with serum albumin levels of 4.1 g/dL or below than in those with levels of 4.4 g/dL or higher.
Incidence of end-stage renal disease has declined but affects substantial portion of long-term T1D patients.
The researchers found that albuminuria correlated with cognitive impairment, dementia, clinical Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular dementia.
