Prospective evaluation of renal function by serum cystatin-C : Comparison with three other parameters of glomerular filtration rate

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 646-650

  Tamba, Kaichiro ^a   Kusano, Eiji ^a   Ando, Yasuhiro ^a   Asano, Yasushi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystatin C; Low molecular weight protein; Renal function

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0035525103     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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