Journal article
Transferrinuria in Type 2 Diabetes: The Effect of Glycaemic Control
Abstract
Urinary excretion rates of transferrin, albumin, N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) and alpha-1-microglobulin (A1M) were measured in type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients at diagnosis and after 6 and 12 weeks treatment. Initially 21 (53%) patients had elevated transferrin excretion rates. The proportion of patients with raised transferrin excretion rates fell to 30% at 6 weeks and 20% at 12 weeks with treatment of diabetes. At …
Authors
O'Donnell MJ; Watson J; Martin P; Chapman C; Barnett AH
Journal
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 174–178
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
March 1991
DOI
10.1177/000456329102800209
ISSN
0004-5632