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Cystatin C, vascular biomarkers and measured glomerular filtration rate in patients with unresponsive hypertensive phenotype: a pilot study.
Renal failure - 1 Nov 2017
Čabarkapa Velibor, Ilinčić Branislava, Đerić Mirjana, Vučaj Ćirilović Viktorija, Kresoja Milena, Žeravica Radmila, Sakač Vladimir
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BACKGROUND: Biomarkers are commonly used to estimate the presence of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with essential arterial hypertension (HT). In addition to known association between cystatin C and glomerular filtration rate (GFR), elucidating the association between cystatin C and vascular biomarkers (intima-media thickness of common carotid arteries (CCIMT), carotid plaque and renal...
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