β-trace protein is an alternative marker for glomerular filtration rate in renal transplantation patients

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1531-1533

  Pöge, Uwe ^a   Gerhardt, Thomas M ^a   Stoffel Wagner, Birgit ^a   Palmedo, Holger ^a   Klehr, Hans Ulrich ^a   Sauerbruch, Tilman ^a   Woitas, Rainer P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA TRACE PROTEIN; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYSTATIN C; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFERENCE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 23044496355     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.048959     Document Type: Article

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