Serum cystatin c is a more sensitive and more accurate marker of glomerular filtration rate than enzymatic measurements of creatinine in renal transplantation

Nephron

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Christensson, Anders ^a,c   Ekberg, Jana ^a   Grubb, Anders ^b   Ekberg, Henrik ^a   Lindström, Veronica ^b   Lilja, Hans ^b  

^a University Hospital Malmö   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Malmö University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glomerular filtration rate; Renal function; Renal transplantation; Serum creatinine; Serum cystatin C

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; IOHEXOL; AMIDASE; CREATININASE; CYSTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMA CLEARANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBIDIMETRY; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GLOMERULUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDOHYDROLASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0345690089     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071287     Document Type: Article

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