NIDDK Central Repository - Reliability of urinary albumin, total protein, and creatinine assays after prolonged storage: the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.2215/CJN.01030207

PubMed ID

17928473

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2007

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. rsparekh@jhmi.edu

Authors

Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group, Fondran C, Ipp E, Kao WH, Kimmel PL, Klag MJ, Knowler WC, La Page J, Meoni LA, Parekh RS

Studies

FIND

Citation

Parekh RS, Kao WH, Meoni LA, Ipp E, Kimmel PL, La Page J, Fondran C, Knowler WC, Klag MJ, Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group. Reliability of urinary albumin, total protein, and creatinine assays after prolonged storage: the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007 Nov;2(6):1156-62. Epub 2007 Oct 10.

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of long-term storage at -70 degrees C on urinary albumin, protein, and creatinine measurements in the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes, a multicenter study designed to identify genes for diabetic nephropathy.