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Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin predicts mortality and identifies acute kidney injury in cirrhosis.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Sept 2012
Verna Elizabeth C, Brown Robert S, Farrand Erica, Pichardo Elsa M, Forster Catherine S, Sola-Del Valle David A, Adkins Sarah H, Sise Meghan E, Oliver Juan A, Radhakrishnan Jai, Barasch Jonathan M, Nickolas Thomas L
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BACKGROUND: Kidney failure predicts mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Identification of kidney failure etiology and recognition of those at the highest mortality risk remains a challenge. AIMS: We hypothesized that urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) predicts mortality...
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