Is serum cystatin C a sensitive marker of glomerular filtration rate (GRF)? A preliminary study on renal transplant patients

Renal Failure

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-309

  Plebani, Mario ^a,b   Dall'Amico, Roberto ^c   Mussap, Michele ^a   Montini, Giovanni ^c   Ruzzante, Nicoletta ^a   Marsilio, Renzo ^c   Giordano, Giuseppe ^c   Zacchello, Graziella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Center of Biomedical Research   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystatin C; Glomerular filtration rate (GFR); Low molecular mass proteins; Renal transplant patients

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 0031922357     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229809045115     Document Type: Article

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