Creatinine and cystatin C: What are the values?

Kidney International

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 578-580

  Fried, Linda F ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; MOLECULAR MARKER;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 61349156754     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.688     Document Type: Note

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