RJ Glassock, C Winearls - Nephron Clinical Practice, 2008 - content.karger.com Background/Aims: The values for the global prevalence of chronic kidney disease
(CKD) are poorly understood. Current classification schemas may overstate the
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M Baekken, I Os, L Sandvik, O Oektedalen - Journal of Hypertension, 2008 - journals.lww.com Objectives: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and
mortality. The introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy for
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JFE Mann - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2008 - ERA-EDTA This editorial comment intends to inform readers of NDT about new information in
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EK Sumaili, EP Cohen, CV Zinga, JM … - BMC Nephrology, 2009 - biomedcentral.com This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance.
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- ►problemsinanes.com M Madero, MJ Sarnak - Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 2009 - journals.lww.com Recent findings: In the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Study cystatin C was
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NC Pract - Nephron Clin Pract, 2008 - content.karger.com Background/Aims: The values for the global prevalence of chronic kidney disease
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AI Med - Ann Intern Med, 2008 - Am Coll Physicians We chose cystatin C as a serologic marker of kidney function for three reasons.
First, serum cystatin C levels provide a more precise estimate of the glomerular
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EK Sumaili, EP Cohen, CV Zinga, JM … - BMC nephrology, 2009 - biomedcentral.com The prevalence of CKD in this study was 36%, but only 12% were aware of their
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C Ferrario - Vascular Health and Risk Management, 2009 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Endothelial dysfunction is the common link between cardiovascular disease risk
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N Taglieri, W Koenig, JC Kaski - Clinical Chemistry, 2009 - Am Assoc Clin Chem SUMMARY: Patients with higher circulating cystatin C concentrations appear to
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