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Can serial measurements of cystatin C accurately detect early renal function decline?

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boxed-textPerkins BA et al. (2005) Detection of renal function decline in patients with diabetes and normal or elevated GFR by serial measurements of serum cystatin C concentration: results of a 4-year follow-up study. J Am Soc Nephrol 16: 1404–1412

In future, serum cystatin C could provide a simple, rapid and sensitive measure of declining GFR in early chronic kidney disease, but it should not yet be used routinely to monitor GFR trends in this setting

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Herget-Rosenthal, S. Can serial measurements of cystatin C accurately detect early renal function decline?. Nat Rev Nephrol 1, 68–69 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0036

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