NDT Advance Access published online on December 10, 2008
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn741
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Hermann Senator and albuminuria—forgotten pioneering work in the 19th century
1 University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Ruperto-Carola-University, Heidelberg, Germany
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Eberhard Ritz, Nierenzentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 162, D 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel: +49-6221-601705; Fax: +49-6221-603302; E-mail: prof.e.ritz{at}t-online.de
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Testing urinary albumin concentration by immune detection methods has recently turned out to be a highly rewarding procedure, as low-level albumin excretion has turned out to be a powerful predictor of cardiovascular and renal risk in diabetic and nondiabetic patients.
Keywords: albuminuria without kidney disease; albuminuria; glomerular filtration; history; microalbuminuria
Dedicated to one of the pioneers of modern albuminuria research in diabetes, a close friend and teacher, Carl-Erik Mogensen(Aarhus/Denmark)
Received for publication: 8. 7.08
Accepted in revised form: 7.11.08