Proteinuria is a known marker of poor prognosis in kidney transplant recipients. A recent study by Amer et al. brings further insights to this topic by investigating whether the composition of proteinuria affects outcomes.
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Legendre, C., Anglicheau, D. Proteinuria in kidney transplantation: an ongoing story. Nat Rev Nephrol 9, 251–252 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2013.61
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