Is Cystatin C more sensitive than creatinine in detecting early chronic allograft nephropathy?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-25

  Ortiz, F ^a   Harmoinen, A ^b   Paavonen, T ^c   Koskinen, P ^a   Grohagen Riska C ^a   Honkanen, Eero ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Savonlinna Central Hospital   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic allograft dysfunction; Chronic allograft neophropathy; Crystal C; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYSTATIN C; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47549117225     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp70018     Document Type: Article

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