Establishment of a reference interval for urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-193

  Cullen, M Rachel ^a   Murray, Patrick T ^b   Fitzgibbon, Maria C ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOCALINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84861503491     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2011.011105     Document Type: Article

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