2012•International Journal of Biomedical and Advance ResearchOpen access
Study of microalbuminuria in Diabetes Type 2 patients as a marker of morbidity (A study of 100 cases in Rajkot city)
Bhoomika P Dadhania, Amit H Aravat, Gauravi Dhruva
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Abstract
Background: - Diabetes is a stage of persistent hyperglycemia due to absolute or relative deficiency of insulin. About 20-40% of patients with type 2 diabetes develop evidence of nephropathy. Diabetic nephropathy is first recognized as proteinuria. Microalbuminuria is defined as the range in between urinary excretion of albumin of 20-200