title: [Beta 2-microglobulin in the diagnosis of kidney lesions in diabetes mellitus patients].
abstract: The beta2-microglobulin (beta2-MCG) test was done in 115 patients with an insulin dependent type of diabetes mellitus: 30 of them were without renal pathology, 58 had diabetes mellitus with diabetic nephropathy (DN), and 27 had concomitant chronic pyelonephritis. The effect of glucosuria and proteinuria on the beta2-MCG level was revealed. DN development and progress resulted in an increase in the beta2-MCG concentration in the blood that correlated with a decrease in the glomerular filtration. beta2-MCG urinary excretion grew in a clinically manifested DN stage only. Concomitant pyelonephritis in diabetes mellitus patients resulted mostly in a rise of the beta2-MCG level in the urine. Its concentration in the urine during the exacerbation of pyelonephritis exceeded the indices of the control group, on an average, by 467.9%. The beta2-MCG test is a valuable additional criterion in the differential diagnosis of DN in diabetes mellitus patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin
vernacular_title: Beta 2-mikroglobulin v diagnostike porazheniĭ pochek u bol'nykh sakharnym diabetom.