Cystatin C serum concentrations underestimate glomerular filtration rate in renal transplant recipients

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1866-1868

  Bökenkamp, Arend ^a,b   Domanetzki, Michael ^a   Zinck, Raymund ^a   Schumann, Gerhard ^a   Byrd, Dennis ^a   Brodehl, Johannes ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CYSTATIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TURBIDIMETRY;

GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0032856148     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.10.1866     Document Type: Article

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