Cystatin C - An accurate marker of glomerular filtration rate after renal transplantation?

Transplant International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 285-289

  Herget Rosenthal, Stefan ^a   Trabold, Silke ^a   Huesing, Johannes ^a   Heemann, U ^a   Philipp, Thomas ^a   Kribben, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cystatin C; Diagnostic test; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney transplantation; ROC curve; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYSTATIN C; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0033829284     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb01083.x     Document Type: Article

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