Estimation of glomerular filtration rate by use of beta-trace protein

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1403-1405

  Pöge, Uwe ^a   Gerhardt, Thomas ^a   Woitas, Rainer P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TRACE PROTEIN; CREATININE; PROTEIN;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIPOCALINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48949104256     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.101840     Document Type: Letter

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