Glomerular filtration rate estimation: Performance of serum cystatin C-based prediction equations

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1761-1771

  Weinert, Letícia Schwerz ^a,b   Camargo, Eduardo Guimarães ^a   Soares, Ariana A ^a   Silveiro, Sandra Pinho ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cystatin C; Equation; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney disease; Kidney function

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

BODY MASS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEPHELOMETRY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RADIOISOTOPES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80755171202     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.670     Document Type: Review

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