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microalbuminuria

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microalbuminuria /mi·cro·al·bu·min·uria/ (-al-bu-min-u´re-ah) a very small increase in urinary albumin.
microalbuminuria
[mī′krō·al′bo̅o̅minoo͡r′ē·ə]
the urinary excretion of small amounts of albumin, below the detection level of routine dipstick analysis. The condition is an early indicator of altered glomerular permeability in diabetes.

microalbuminuria [mi″kro-al-bu″min-u´re-ah]
an increase in urinary albumin excretion too subtle to be measured by conventional means, often seen with the hyperfiltration of diabetes mellitus.

microalbuminuria
(mī´krōalbyoo´mnur´ē),
n a type of albuminaria that is characterized by relatively low levels of albumin in the urine (between 30 and 300 mg in 1 day). The increase in albumin secretion is generally too small to be detected by a conventional dipstick test but can indicate the beginnings of kidney disorders, especially those related to diabetes.

microalbuminuria
Nephrology The excretion of 30-300 mg albumin/day; ↑ albumin excretion predicts hemodynamic and morphologic changes of diabetic nephropathy; when ↑, is an early indicator of renal failure the risk of microalbuminuria in DM ↑ when HbA1 value rises > 10%. See Diabetic nephropathy.


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Microalbuminuria is known to affect proteins involved in clotting of the blood.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Naila Rabbani, PhD, of Warwick Medical School, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Punjab, randomized 40 type 2 diabetics with microalbuminuria to receive three 100 mg capsules of thiamine per day or a placebo for three months.
The earliest clinical sign of nephropathy is the detection of albumin in the urine (> 30 mg/day but <300 mg/day); this is the microalbuminuria stage.
 
 
 
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