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August 1, 2024BMJ OpenOpen Access

Diagnostic performance of an albuminuria point-of-care test in screening for chronic kidney disease among young people living with HIV in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Esther Nasuuna Robert Kalyesubula Laurie A. Tomlinson Barbara Castelnuovo Emmy Okello Chido Dziva Chikwari Helen A. Weiss

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Abstract

The main aim was to determine the diagnostic performance of an albuminuria point-of-care test (POC) for diagnosis of chronic kidney disease among young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) in Uganda.

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Nasuuna et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5e2b0b6db643587576d71 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083221

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