Can Community-Based Albuminuria Testing Improve Care?

Joseph A Vassalotti^{1

2}, Christos Argyropoulos³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
² The National Kidney Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Editorial

Joseph A Vassalotti et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2020.

. 2020 Feb 11;5(4):392-395.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.01.026. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Joseph A Vassalotti^{1

2}, Christos Argyropoulos³

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
² The National Kidney Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

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Figures

High Prevalence and Low Awareness of Albuminuria in the Community Setting in the KDSAP.
Zhuo M, Jiang MY, Song R, Mothi SS, Bellou S, Polding LC, Li J, Cho A, Hsiao LL. Zhuo M, et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2019 Dec 27;5(4):475-484. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.12.011. eCollection 2020 Apr. Kidney Int Rep. 2019. PMID: 32280843 Free PMC article.

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