Factors Other than the Glomerular Filtration Rate That Determine the Serum Beta-2-Microglobulin Level

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Stanga, Zeno ^a   Nock, Stefan ^b   Medina Escobar, Pedro ^c   Nydegger, Urs E ^c   Risch, Martin ^d   Risch, Lorenz ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Private University   (Liechtenstein)

^c Labormedizinische Zentren Dr Risch   (Switzerland)

^d Zentrallabor Kantonsspital   (Switzerland)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BUILD; C REACTIVE PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THYROID FUNCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84882746522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072073     Document Type: Article

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