Cystatin C should be measured in pediatric renal transplant patients!

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 357-360

  Filler, Guido ^a   Pham Huy, Anne ^b  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0036801257     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2002.2e020.x     Document Type: Editorial

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