ea0056p419 | Diabetes complications | ECE2018
Sisman Pinar
, Gul Ozen Oz
, Dirican Melahat
, Bal Ahmet Selim
, Cander Soner
, Erturk Erdinc
Aims: Glomerular and tubulointerstitial damage plays a role in renal function failure in diabetic patients. While both serum and urine levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) show significantly increased levels in acute renal pathologies, the NGAL increase in active phase indicates a reversible condition in chronic cases. In this study, we determined if urinary excretion of NGAL can be used as an early indicator of diabetic nephropathy, which causes chronic...