Cystatin C intrapatient variability in children with chronic kidney disease is less than serum creatinine [7]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2215-2216

  Sambasivan, Aarathi S ^a   Lepage, Nathalie ^a   Filler, Guido ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LETTER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 27444443770     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.056150     Document Type: Letter

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