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Reduced cystatin C-estimated GFR and increased creatinine-estimated GFR in comparison with iohexol-estimated GFR in a hyperthyroid patient: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Estimation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is essential for the evaluation of patients with kidney disease, and for treating patients with drugs that are eliminated from the circulation by the kidneys. Cystatin C has been shown to be superior to creatinine for estimating GFR in...

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Autores principales: Karawajczyk, Malgorzata, Ramklint, Mia, Larsson, Anders
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2268947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18307770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-66