Protein excreted in urine may be help in diagnosing kidney disease caused by HIV
Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 16:42
in Health & Medicine
NEW YORK -- New data collected at Columbia University Medical Center and by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine are helping researchers understand the extent to which a certain protein -- NGAL -- can play a significant role in marking chronic kidney disease resulting from HIV while at the same time distinguishing nephropathy from more common causes such as diabetes and hypertension.
