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Can plasma cystatin C level be used to estimate residual renal function in patients on dialysis?

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boxed-textHoek FJ et al. (2007) Estimation of residual glomerular filtration rate in dialysis patients from the plasma cystatin C level. Nephrol Dial Transplant 22: 1633–1638

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  1. Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Clinical, Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, K56, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden olof.heimburger@ki.se

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  1. O Heimbürger is a Senior Physician and Director of Peritoneal Dialysis in the Division of Renal Medicine at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,

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