Urinary cystatin C as a biomarker of renal tubular injury
Cystatin C (cysC) is an endogenous cysteine peptidase (proteinase) inhibitor that has been intensively investigated as a biomarker of kidney function for many years. It is freely filtered at the kidney glomerulus because of its small size and lack of cysC binding protein. A very small amount of cysC...
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Index Copernicus International S.A.
2011-09-01
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Series: | Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej |
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Online Access: | http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=957690 |