Blood And Urine Protein Predicts Chronic Kidney Disease Progression
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 15:21
in Health & Medicine
Measuring a small protein in the blood and urine can predict which patients with non-advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) will progress to a more serious form of the disease, according to a new study. The findings could be used to devise a new screening method for identifying which patients should receive aggressive therapies to prevent the progression of their disease.