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Clinical Studies

Quantitative Evaluation of Proteinuria by Estimation of the Protein/Creatinine Ratio in a Random Urine Sample

George Kosmadakis Department of Nephrology, “Gr. Vosnides,” Laiko General Hospital, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vasileios Filiopoulos Department of Nephrology, “Gr. Vosnides,” Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Christodoulos Georgoulias Department of Nephrology, “Gr. Vosnides,” Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Despoina Smirloglou Department of Nephrology, “Gr. Vosnides,” Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Theodoros Draganis Department of Nephrology, “Gr. Vosnides,” Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Spiridon Michail Department of Nephrology, “Gr. Vosnides,” Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Pages 153-156 | Received 10 Jul 2009, Accepted 26 Oct 2009, Published online: 03 Mar 2010

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