Usefulness of serum cystatin-C as a marker of the renal function : A comparative evaluation with β 2-microglobulin, α 1-microglobulin and creatinine

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 797-803

  Hotta, Osamu ^a   Yusa, Naoko ^a   Mukaiyama, Ichiro ^a,b   Taguma, Yoshio ^a  

^a Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

^b Tomakomai Clinical Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 microglobulin; 2 microglobulin; Cystatin C; Renal function

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; ALPHA-1-MICROGLOBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; CYSTATIN; CYSTATIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033249781     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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