Rebuttal of the Con View: Albuminuria Is an Appropriate Therapeutic Target in Patients with CKD.
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Our opponents in this debate state that there are insufficient data to consider albuminuria as a valid target for therapy in patients with CKD. They base their opinion predominantly on two arguments: first, a decrease in albuminuria is not always associated with renoprotection, and second, no prospective randomized controlled trial has been conducted that really targeted albuminuria.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
دوره 10 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015