Spot PC ratio estimates of 24-hour proteinuria are more unreliable in lupus nephritis than in other forms of chronic glomerular disease

Daniel J Birmingham; Ganesh Shidham; Annalisa Perna; Derek M Fine; Michael Bissell; Roger Rodby; Giuseppi Remuzzi; Michele Petri; Paul Hebert; Brad H Rovin; Lee A Hebert

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203790

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Spot PC ratio estimates of 24-hour proteinuria are more unreliable in lupus nephritis than in other forms of chronic glomerular disease

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Daniel J Birmingham Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA The Ohio State University Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ganesh Shidham Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Annalisa Perna Instituto de Richerche Farmacologiche, Mario Negri, Mario, Bergamo, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Derek M Fine Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Bissell Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roger Rodby Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Giuseppi Remuzzi Instituto de Richerche Farmacologiche, Mario Negri, Mario, Bergamo, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michele Petri Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul Hebert University of Washington School of Public Health, Health Services, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Brad H Rovin Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA The Ohio State University Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lee A Hebert Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Dan Birmingham, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus , OH 43210, USA; Birmingham.1{at}osu.edu and Dr Lee Hebert, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus , OH 43210, USA; Lee.Hebert@osumc.edu

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Birmingham DJ, Shidham G, Perna A, et al

Spot PC ratio estimates of 24-hour proteinuria are more unreliable in lupus nephritis than in other forms of chronic glomerular disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2014;73:475-476.

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Received April 15, 2013
Revised July 31, 2013
Accepted September 17, 2013
First published October 3, 2013.

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December 30, 2013

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