Do serum C-reactive protein measurements help to discriminate episodes of renal dysfunction in patients after renal transplantation?

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-61

  Reek, C ^a   Conrad, S ^b   Tenschert, W ^b   Huland, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Renal dysfunction; Renal transplantation; Serum C reactive protien

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034902314     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00523-X     Document Type: Article

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