Assessment of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Renal Transplant Patients Using Serum Cystatin C

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2006-2008

  Xu, H ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Teng, D ^a   Wang, J ^a   Wang, L ^a   Li, Y ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYSTATIN C; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PLASMA PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDIMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYCLOSPORINE; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDNISOLONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846108725     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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