Serum cystatin C performs similarly to traditional markers of kidney function in the evaluation of donor kidney function prior to and following unilateral nephrectomy

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3004-3009

  Gourishankar, Sita ^a   Courtney, Mark ^a   Jhangri, Gian S ^a   Cembrowski, George ^a   Pannu, Neesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Cystatin C; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney function; Living donor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYSTATIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNINEPHRECTOMY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; ROC CURVE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 49349100813     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn114     Document Type: Article

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