The inaccuracy of cystatin C and creatinine-based equations in predicting GFR in orthotopic liver transplant recipients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2926-2930

  Boudville, Neil ^a,b   Salama, Muna ^b   Jeffrey, Gary P ^a,b   Ferrari, Paolo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney failure; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney function tests; Liver transplantation; Predictive equations

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTATIN C; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 69249142788     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp255     Document Type: Article

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