Assessing urinary levels of IL-18, NGAL and albumin creatinine ratio in patients with diabetic nephropathy.

Journal: Diabetes & metabolic syndrome
Published Date: Nov 10, 2018

Abstract

AIMS: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a serious microvascular complication of a longstanding hyperglycemia. This study aims to evaluate whether urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and urinary Interleukin-18 possess a better diagnostic value than albumin creatinine ratio in assessing the severity of nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

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  • Taqwaa Sueud
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq.
  • Najah R Hadi
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq.
  • Raed Abdulameer
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq.
  • Dina A Jamil
    School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia.
  • Hayder A Al-Aubaidy
    School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia; School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia. Electronic address: h.alaubaidy@latrobe.edu.au.

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