Urinary Podocalyxin as a Biomarker to Diagnose Membranous Nephropathy.

Takahiro ImaizumiMasahiro NakatochiShin'ichi AkiyamaMakoto YamaguchiHiroyuki KurosawaYoshiaki HirayamaTakayuki KatsunoNaotake TsuboiMasanori HaraShoichi Maruyama

Published in: PloS one (2016)

In this study, we demonstrated the utility of u-PCX as a diagnostic marker for MN and the clinical usefulness of the diagnostic models, through the combination of u-PCX and clinical parameters including age, glomerular filtration rate, and diabetes mellitus.

Keyphrases

metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle