Plasma proenkephalin A and incident chronic kidney disease and albuminuria in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort

By sjmartinez • January 11, 2024

Bullen AL, Katz R, Poursadrolah S, Short SAP, Long DL, Cheung KL, Sharma S, Al-Rousan T, Fregoso A, Schulte J, Gutierrez OM, Shlipak MG, Cushman M, Ix JH, Rifkin DE. Plasma proenkephalin A and incident chronic kidney disease and albuminuria in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort. BMC Nephrol. 2024 Jan 10;25(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s12882-023-03432-7. PMID: 38200454.

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