Generation of a New Cystatin C–Based Estimating Equation for Glomerular Filtration Rate by Use of 7 Assays Standardized to the International Calibrator
Author(s) -
Anders Grubb,
Masaru Horio,
LarsOlof Hansson,
Jonas Björk,
Ulf Nyman,
Mats Flodin,
Anders Larsson,
Arend Bökenkamp,
Yoshinari Yasuda,
Hester N. Blufpand,
Veronica Lindström,
Ingrid Zegers,
Harald Althaus,
Søren Blirup-Jensen,
Yoshi Itoh,
Per Sjöström,
Gunnar Nordin,
Anders Christensson,
H Klima,
Kathrin Sunde,
Per Hjort-Christensen,
David Armbruster,
C. A. Ferrero
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2013.220707
Subject(s) - cystatin c , renal function , cystatin , iohexol , plasma clearance , chemistry , urology , population , medicine , endocrinology , pharmacokinetics , environmental health
Many different cystatin C-based equations exist for estimating glomerular filtration rate. Major reasons for this are the previous lack of an international cystatin C calibrator and the nonequivalence of results from different cystatin C assays.
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