Serum cystatin C levels to predict serum concentration of digoxin in Japanese patients

<p>Cystatin C (Cys-C) has been recently paid great attention as a better endogenous marker of the glomerular filtration rate than creatinine (Cr). In this study, the usefulness of Cys-C was compared with Cr in terms of the estimation of the steady-state serum trough concentrations of digoxin i...

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Main Author: Tsutomu Nakamura, Takeshi Ioroi, Toshiyuki Sakaeda, Masanori Horinouchi, Nobuhide Hayashi, Kensuke Saito, Mitsuro Kosaka, Noboru Okamura, Keiichi Kadoyama, Shunichi Kumagai, Katsuhiko Okumura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2006-01-01
Series:International Journal of Medical Sciences
Online Access:http://www.medsci.org/v03p0092.htm