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Using the newer Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes criteria, beta-2-microglobulin levels associate with severity of acute kidney injury

Beta-2-microglobulin (B2M) is a marker of proximal tubular injury and glomerular filtration. Analyses using older/non-standardized definitions have shown low efficacy of B2M to predict acute kidney injury (AKI). We assessed if elevated levels of B2M would associate with either the diagnosis of AKI [...

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Autores principales: Barton, Kevin T, Kakajiwala, Aadil, Dietzen, Dennis J, Goss, Charles W, Gu, Hongjie, Dharnidharka, Vikas R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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AKI
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6275448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30524714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfy056