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The proteinuria rate and the relative clearances of beta 2-microglobulin, orosomucoid, albumin, transferrin and IgG were measured in forty-two workers exposed to cadmium and in seventy-seven control workers. A tubular type proteinuria with an increased excretion of beta 2-microglobulin and often also a glomerular type proteinuria with an increased excretion of orosomucoid, albumin, transferrin and IgG were observed mainly in workers exposed to cadmium for more than 25 years and whose cadmium concentration in blood exceeded 1 microgram Cd/100 ml and that in urine 10 microgram Cd/g creatinine. The glomerular dysfunction was also suggested by an increased plasma level of beta 2-microglobulin and creatinine. Both tubular and glomerular impairments occurred with the same prevalence and were not necessarily associated. The increased release of beta-galactosidase by the kidney suggested that cadmium can damage some epithelial cells.
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