Cystatin C-based formula is superior to MDRD, Cockcroft-Gault and Nankivell formulae in estimating the glomerular filtration rate in renal allografts

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 197-202

  Qutb, Ammar ^a   Syed, Ghulam ^b   Tamim, Hani M ^a   Al Jondeby, Mohammad ^b   Jaradat, Maha ^b   Tamimi, Waleed ^a   Al Ghamdi, Ghormullah ^b   Al Qurashi, Salem ^b   Flaiw, Ahmed ^b   Hejaili, Fayez ^a   Al Sayyari, Abdulla A ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cockcroft Gault formulae; Cystatin C; GFR; MDRD; Nankivell; Renal allografts

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; PENTETIC ACID; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75649120816     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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