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Serum Cystatin-C Is Not Superior to Serum Creatinine in Predicting Glomerular Filtration Rate in Cirrhotic Patients

BACKGROUND: Assessment of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by common creatininebased methods is potentially inaccurate in patients with cirrhosis. Cirrhotic patients have several underlying conditions that contribute to falsely low serum creatinine concentrations, even in the presence of moderate to...

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Autores principales: Nasseri-Moghaddam, Siavosh, Ganji, Mohamad-Reza, Kochari, Mohammad-Reza, Tofangchiha, Shahnaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Association of Gastroerterology and Hepatology 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24829693