Serum cystatin C reflects glomerular endotheliosis in normal, hypertensive and pre-eclamptic pregnancies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 825-830

  Strevens, Helena ^a   Wide Swensson, Dag ^a   Grubb, Anders ^a   Hansen, Alastair ^b   Horn, Thomas ^b   Ingemarsson, Ingemar ^a   Larsen, Svend ^b   Nyengaard, Jens R ^c   Torffvit, Ole ^a   Willner, Julian ^a   Olsen, Steen ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; METHENAMINE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR ENDOTHELIOSIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MICROSCOPY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SWEDEN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYSTATINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0141540798     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2003.02051.x     Document Type: Article

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