Estimated GFR and risk of death - Is cystatin C useful?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 974-975

  Ingelfinger, Julie R ^c   Marsden, Philip A ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBULE EXCRETION; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 84883321737     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1308505     Document Type: Editorial

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