Serum cystatin C: A useful marker of kidney function in very old people

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 606-611

  Fehrman Ekholm, Ingela ^a,b,f   Seeberger, Astrid ^c   Björk, Jonas ^d   Sterner, Gunnar ^e  

^a Sophiahemmet AB   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Malmö University Hospital   (Sweden)

^f Dialysis Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Ageing; Cystatin C; EGFR; Equations; Estimation GFR; Gender; GFR (glomerular filtration rate); Iohexol clearance; MDRD; Measured GFR; MGFR; Renal function; Serum creatinine; Serum urea

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; IOHEXOL; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYSTATIN C; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 70249140883     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510903015771     Document Type: Article

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