Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
February 1, 1992Clinical Chemistry

Presence of Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Urine

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Key result

BNP is present and detectable in urine.

Authors

KTK TogashiSFS FujitaMKMiyuki Kawakami

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Implication

Urinary BNP detection is feasible; leaves open its value as noninvasive biomarker pending validation.

Key Points

Key points are not available for this paper at this time.

Cite This Study

Togashi et al. (1992) studied this question. Brain natriuretic peptide is present and can be detected in urine.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa20086ec596860ff27c1e5https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/38.2.322
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Stabilization of human brain natriuretic peptide in blood samples1994 · 37 citations
  2. 2Atrial and brain natriuretic peptides in cardiovascular diseases.1994 · 69 citations
  3. 3Plasma concentrations and comparisons of brain natriuretic peptide and atrial natriuretic peptide in normal subjects, cardiac transplant recipients and patients with dialysis-independent or dialysis-dependent chronic renal failure1992 · 108 citations
  4. 4Utility of point-of-care testing of natriuretic peptides (brain natriuretic peptide and n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide) in the emergency department2014 · 25 citations
  5. 5Brain and Other Natriuretic Peptides: Molecular Aspects2004 · 242 citations