Serum cystatin C in healthy full-term newborns: Preliminary reference values for a promising endogenous marker of glomerular filtration rate

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 338-342

  Mussap, M ^a   Plebani, M ^a,b   Fanos, V ^c   Bertelli, L ^d   Pesce, M ^e   Ruzzante, N ^h   Varagnolo, M ^h   Zaninotto, M ^h   Cataldi, L ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Center of Biomedical Research   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d Pontedera Hospital   (Italy)

^e Livorno Hospital   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Cystatin C; Glomerular filtration rate; Newborn; Particle enhanced turbidimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001100159     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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