Article
The Metabolism of Creatinine and its Usefulness to Evaluate Kidney Function and Body Composition in Clinical Practice
2024-12-05
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Abstract: Serum creatinine levels are the most used clinical marker to estimate renal function as Glomerular Function Rate, because it is simple, fast, and inexpensive. However, Creatinine has limitations, as its levels can be influenced by factors such as advanced age, physical activity, protein-rich diets, male gender, medications, and ethnicity. Serum Cystatin C and its combination with Serum creatinine may ser...
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- Literature Corpus work
- be9af1a3-6272-5877-aef0-620d5d48223d
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202412.0501.v1
