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Cystatin C in newborns: a promising renal biomarker in search for standardization and validation.
2015
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Abstract
Neonatologists still commonly use creatinine as a proxy for renal clearance, despite issues related to neonatal (patho)physiology and methodology (assay variability). Cystatin C (CysC) has been suggested to be a more reliable biomarker, but assay related differences have also been reported in children and adults. We are unaware of any review on the assay related impact on CysC reference values in newborns.