Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as an early diagnostic biomarker of acute kidney injury in snake bite

Background: Snakebite envenomation is a major public health problem in the developing world, and the effects of viper envenomation on renal tissues leading to acute kidney injury (AKI) are well known. However, the usefulness of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a biomarker to dete...

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Main Authors: Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Namasivayam Elangovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
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Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2019;volume=12;issue=4;spage=260;epage=262;aulast=Senthilkumaran