Fetuin-A early after renal transplantation

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-222

  Urbanova M ^a   Kalousova M ^b   Zima, T ^b   Skibova J ^a   Wohlfahrt, P ^a   Viklicky O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute phase reactant; Fetuin A; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FETUIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PANEL REACTIVE ANTIBODY; PARATHYROID HORMONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CALCINEURIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650700728     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000228934     Document Type: Article

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