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Should we routinely use cystatin C to evaluate kidney function?

One of the most important measures of a patient’s kidney function is the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). The GFR is the volume of fluid filtered from the blood through the glomeruli of the kidneys into the urine. In research settings, there are special ways of measuring GFR. But, in day-to-day clinical practice, we look at…

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