Urinary cystatin C as a marker of tubular dysfunction

Journal of Medical Biochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-102

  Mijušković, Zoran ^a   Maksić, Dorde ^a   Hrvačević, Rajko ^a   Vučelić, Marina ^a   Subota, Vesna ^a   Stojanović, Jelica ^b   Pejović, Janko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Author keywords

Cystatin C; Kidney; Tubular marker; Tubulopathy; Urine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 34249294510     PISSN: 14528258     EISSN: 14528266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10011-007-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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