A comparison of cystatin C concentrations between patients with chronic interstitial nephritis and glomerular diseases.

Nicolas Roberto RoblesCandido MenaEdgar ChavezMiguel Angel BayoBoris Gonzalez CandiaAntonio CidonchaJuan Lopez GomezJuan Jose Cubero

Published in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis (2017)

Patients with CIN had lower serum levels of cystatin C defined as cystatin C/creatinine rate when they were compared with GN subject and control ones. In the same way, the index between cystatin C-estimated GFR and creatinine-estimated GFR was higher in CIN patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
uric acid
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
metabolic syndrome