Renal dysfunction in falciparum - Malaria is detected more often when assessed by serum concentration of cystatin C instead of creatinine

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 931-934

  Günther, Andreas ^a   Burchard, G D ^a   Slevogt, H ^a   Abel, W ^a   Grobusch, M P ^a  

^a Institut für Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Cystatin C; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney failure; Malaria; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

GLOMERULUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036434146     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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