Cystatin C as a surrogate for glomerular filtration rate in the presence of proteinuria

NDT Plus

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-195

  Ledson, Thomas ^a   Howse, Matthew L P ^a   Roberts, Norman B ^b   Kemp, Graham J ^c   Williams, Peter S ^a  

^a Departments of Nephrology   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 44449127565     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfn033     Document Type: Letter

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