Urinary excretion of retinol in patients with multiple myeloma: A preliminary study

Urinary excretion of vitamin A was studied in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Eight of the 12 patients studied excreted retinol in urine; only one of them had elevated serum creatinine (115–150 μmol/L). There was a highly significant correlation between urinary retinol and serum creatinine (P < 0.0004). Urinary retinol correlated also with urine protein (P < 0.0001) and albumin (P = 0.001), but not with urinary immunoglobulin light chains. Urinary retinol excretion may be an early manifestation of renal dysfunction in MM patients. The effect of urinary retinol excretion on vitamin A homeostasis in MM deserves further study. Am. J. Hematol. 74:202–204, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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