The challenges of assessing acute kidney injury in infants

Kidney International

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 567-568

  Filler, Guido M ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; KIDNEY INJURY MOLECULE 1; LIPOCALIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OLIGURIA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 80052253694     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.172     Document Type: Note

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