β-trace protein in serum: A new marker of glomerular filtration rate in the creatinine-blind range

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-568

  Priem, Friedrich ^a   Althaus, Harald ^b   Birnbaum, Maria ^a   Sinha, Pranav ^a   Conradt, Harald S ^c   Jung, Klaus ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; INULIN CLEARANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032940409     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.4.567     Document Type: Article

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