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The clinical utility and cost impact of cystatin C measurement in the diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease: A primary care cohort study
BACKGROUND: To reduce over-diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) resulting from the inaccuracy of creatinine-based estimates of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), UK and international guidelines recommend that cystatin-C-based estimates of GFR be used to confirm or exclude the diagnosis in people...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5634538/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29016597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002400 |