Clinical Utility of Serum Cystatin C in Predicting Diabetic Nephropathy Among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: a Meta-Analysis

Clinical Utility of Serum Cystatin C in Predicting Diabetic Nephropathy Among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: a Meta-Analysis

Background/Aims: Clinically, there is lack of predictors for diabetic nephropathy (DN) in diabetes mellitus (DM) without microalbuminuria, macroalbuminuria or retinopathy. Methods: PubMed, Chinese Biomedical Database, Cochrane Library, EMBASE and Elsevier Database were searched from inception to Aug...

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Main Authors: Baoqin Zhou, Honghong Zou, Gaosi Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2016-11-01
Series:Kidney & Blood Pressure Research
Subjects:
Diabetic nephropathy
Serum cystatin C
Glomerular filtration rate
Meta-analysis
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/452593

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