Foreword Professor K. G. M. M. Alberti 1. Renal structure and physiology 2. Measurement and expression of microalbuminuria 3. Epidemiolgy and determinants of microalbuminuria in health 4. Epidemiolgy and determinants of microalbuminuria in diabetes mellitus 5. Microalbuminuria as a marker of endothelial dysfunction 6. Microalbuminuria, cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease 7. Microalbuminuria as a non-specific marker of disease 8. Management of microalbuminuria in diabetes mellitus and essential hypertension Index.