Serum cystatin C as a determinant of fasting total homocysteine levels in renal transplant recipients with a normal serum creatinine

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 164-165

  Bostom, Andrew G ^a,b   Gohh, Reginald Y ^c   Bausserman, Linda ^d   Hakas, David ^c   Jacques, Paul F ^b   Selhub, Jacob ^b   Dworkin, Lance ^c   Rosenberg, Irwin H ^b  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 0032898072     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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