Urinary cystatin C: pediatric reference intervals and comparative assessment as a biomarker of renal injury among children in the regions with high burden of CKDu in Sri Lanka.
Patabandi Maddumage Mihiri Ayesha SandaminiPallage Mangala Chathura Surendra De SilvaThibbotuwa Deniya Kankanamge Sameera Chathuranga GunasekaraSakuntha Dewaka GunarathnaRanawake Arachchige Isini PinipaChula HerathSudheera Sammanthi JayasingheEdiriweera Patabandi Saman ChandanaNishad JayasundaraPublished in: World journal of pediatrics : WJP (2022)
Notably high uCys-C levels were observed in children with elevated proteinuria. Thus, uCys-C could be a potential biomarker in identifying communities at high risk of CKDu susceptibility.
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