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Tissue proteomics: a new investigative tool for renal biopsy analysis

Author(s) -

John R. Sedor

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

kidney international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.499

H-Index - 276

eISSN - 1523-1755

pISSN - 0085-2538

DOI - 10.1038/ki.2009.54

Subject(s) - medicine , focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , kidney disease , biopsy , gold standard (test) , kidney , nephrology , renal pathology , pathology , renal biopsy , disease , histopathology , intensive care medicine , glomerulonephritis

Renal biopsy is viewed as the gold standard for diagnosis and management of many kidney diseases, especially glomerulopathies. However, the histopathological descriptions currently used in clinical practice often are neither diagnostic nor prognostic. The paper by Sethi et al. highlights the availability of a newer investigative tool that can be used to better define pathogenesis and, perhaps more important, to discover robust biomarkers of kidney disease cause and outcome.

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