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Relation of serum copeptin to both proteinuria and glomerular filteration rate in diabetics /

Reham Abdelghany Ahmed

Relation of serum copeptin to both proteinuria and glomerular filteration rate in diabetics / العلاقة بين مادة الكوبيبتين فى الدم وكلا من البروتينات فى البول ومعدل الارتشاح الكوبيبى فى مرضى السكر Reham Abdelghany Ahmed ; Supervised Dawlat Mohamed Abdelhamid Belal , Hussien Saeed Elfishawy , Mervat Mamdooh Khorshied - Cairo : Reham Abdelghany Ahmed , 2012 - 232 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine

Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) remains the leading cause of end stage renal sisease (ESRD) in the Western world . Vasopressin has been reported to exert deleterious effects on the kidney . Copeptin , the C - terminal portion of the precursor of AVP (arginine vasopressin) is secreted with it , and can be used as a surrogate marker of the AVP system



Albuminuria copeptin eGFR