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Saliva for assessing creatinine, uric acid, and potassium in nephropathic patients.

Giancarlo BilancioPierpaolo CavalloCinzia LombardiErmanno GuarinoVincenzo CozzaFrancesco GiordanoGiuseppe PalladinoMassimo Cirillo
Published in: BMC nephrology (2019)
Saliva levels of creatinine, uric acid, and potassium are measurable and correlated with their plasma levels. Early morning fasting fresh saliva samples are advisable because later collection times or freezing lower the saliva levels of these analytes.
Keyphrases
  • uric acid
  • metabolic syndrome
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • prognostic factors
  • adipose tissue
  • weight loss
  • skeletal muscle