Protein Excreted In Urine May Be Help In Diagnosing Kidney Disease Caused By HIV, Columbia University And Mount Sinai School of Medicine Study

ScienceDaily (July 24, 2009) — 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.

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