Staging Of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Elderly Patients: A Comparison Between Cystatin C And Creatinine Based Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem worldwide. Just like other parts of the world the prevalence of CKD is increasing in Malaysia (9.07% in 2011). In routine clinical practice serum creatinine (Scr) is the most widely used endogenous biomarker of renal function. However,...

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Main Author: Khan, Irfan Ullah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/62377/
http://eprints.usm.my/62377/1/24%20Pages%20from%20PHS18020917.pdf