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The impact of routine mycophenolate mofetil drug monitoring on the treatment of cardiac allograft rejection by YAMANI, M. H, STARLING, R. C, GOORMASTIC, M, VAN LENTE, F, SMEDIRA, N, MCCARTHY, P, YOUNG, J. B

“…Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a unique immunosupressive agent that has been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of cardiac allograft rejection. The…”
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N-Terminal Prohormone Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Blacks With Hypertensive Kidney Disease : The African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) by ASTOR, B. C, YI, S, GASSMAN, J, WANG, X, BAKRIS, G, APPEL, L. J, CONTRERAS, G, HIREMATH, L, CORBIN, T, POGUE, V, WILKENING, B, PETERSON, G, LEWIS, J, LASH, J. P, VAN LENTE, F

“…Higher levels of N-terminal prohormone brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) in several disease states, but few data…”
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Creatinine clearance as a measure of GFR in screenees for the African- American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension pilot study by Coresh, J, Toto, RD, Kirk, KA, Whelton, PK, Massry, S, Jones, C, Agodoa, L, Van Lente, F

“…Serum creatinine and endogenous creatinine clearance (CrCl) are widely used measures of renal function. This study compares the precision, bias, and sources of…”
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Using troponin T to diagnose acute coronary syndromes by McErlean, E, Van Lente, C F, Nissen, S E

“…Elevated troponin T is a useful marker for acute myocardial infarction: it is more specific than is elevated creatine kinase MB isoenzyme, and it remains…”
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A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate by LEVEY, Andrew S, STEVENS, Lesley A, CORESH, Josef, SCHMID, Christopher H, YAPING ZHANG, CASTRO, Alejandro F, FELDMAN, Harold I, KUSEK, John W, EGGERS, Paul, VAN LENTE, Frederick, GREENE, Tom

“…Equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are routinely used to assess kidney function. Current equations have limited precision and…”
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Expressing the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Equation for Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate with Standardized Serum Creatinine Values by Levey, Andrew S, Coresh, Josef, Greene, Tom, Marsh, Jane, Stevens, Lesley A, Kusek, John W, Van Lente, Frederick, for Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration

“…We sought to reexpress the 4-variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study equation for estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using…”
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Carbamylation of apo-aspartate aminotransferase: a possible mechanism for enzyme inactivation in uremic patients by Van Lente, F, McHugh, A, Pippenger, C E

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Combined nested reverse transcription-PCR assay for prostate-specific antigen and prostate-specific membrane antigen in detecting circulating prostatic cells by ZHANG, Y, ZIPPE, C. D, VAN LENTE, F, KLEIN, E. A, GUPTA, M. K

“…Accurate staging is an important issue in managing patients with prostate cancer. Current staging modalities are poor predictors for locally advanced disease…”
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Cardiac serum marker release after percutaneous transluminal septel myocardial ablation: a human model by Gum, Patricia A., Steinhubl, Steven R., Lever, Harry M., Van Lente, F., Tuzcu, E.Murat, Lincoff, A.Michael

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Serum prostate specific antigen, sex hormone binding globulin and free androgen index as markers of pubertal development in boys by Kim, M. R., Gupta, M. K., Travers, S. H., Rogers, D. G., Van Lente, F., Faiman, C

“…OBJECTIVE Prostate specific antigen (PSA) expression in the prostate gland is regulated by androgens. Serum levels of PSA are undetectable by routine assays in…”
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Methodology and subspecialty consolidation in the clinical laboratory by Van Lente, F

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Assessment of renal function by serum creatinine and creatinine clearance: glomerular filtration rate estimated by four procedures by Van Lente, F, Suit, P

“…We compared creatinine concentrations in serum and urine and creatinine clearances determined by two Jaffé (Beckman's "Astra," Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics)…”
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Prognostic Value of Myeloperoxidase in Patients with Chest Pain by Brennan, Marie-Luise, Penn, Marc S, Van Lente, Frederick, Nambi, Vijay, Shishehbor, Mehdi H, Aviles, Ronnier J, Goormastic, Marlene, Pepoy, Michael L, McErlean, Ellen S, Topol, Eric J, Nissen, Steven E, Hazen, Stanley L

“…Inflammation appears to have a key role in acute coronary syndromes. Myeloperoxidase, an enzyme that generates reactive oxygen species, is released from…”
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Cholecystokinin (CCK) stimulated peak lipase concentrations correlate with pancreatic duct morphology by Conwell, D.L., Zuccaro, G., Morrow, J.B., Van Lente, F., Vargo, J.J., Dumot, J.A.

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Calibration and random variation of the serum creatinine assay as critical elements of using equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate by Coresh, Josef, Astor, Brad C., McQuillan, Geraldine, Kusek, John, Greene, Tom, Van Lente, Frederick, Levey, Andrew S.

“…Equations using serum creatinine level, age, sex, and other patient characteristics often are used to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in both…”
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Evaluation of a nephelometric assay for haptoglobin and its clinical usefulness by Van Lente, F, Marchand, A, Galen, R S

“…Serum haptoglobin has been advocated as an indicator of intravascular hemolysis. We have evaluated a nephelometric determination of serum haptoglobin. The…”
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Cardiac troponins in renal insufficiency: Review and clinical implications by Freda, Benjamin J, Tang, W.H.Wilson, Van Lente, Frederick, Peacock, W.Franklin, Francis, Gary S

“…Patients with renal insufficiency may have increased serum troponins even in the absence of clinically suspected acute myocardial ischemia. While…”
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Performance of the Cockcroft-Gault and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Equations in Estimating GFR in Ill Hospitalized Patients by Poggio, Emilio D., Nef, Patrick C., Wang, Xuelei, Greene, Tom, Van Lente, Frederick, Dennis, Vincent W., Hall, Phillip M.

“…Background: Estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in severely ill inpatients is clinically important for therapeutic interventions and prognosis, but…”
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Correlation between ammonia levels and the severity of hepatic encephalopathy by Ong, Janus P, Aggarwal, Anjana, Krieger, Derk, Easley, Kirk A, Karafa, Matthew T, Van Lente, Frederick, Arroliga, Alejandro C, Mullen, Kevin D

“…Because the correlation between ammonia levels and the severity of hepatic encephalopathy remains controversial, we prospectively evaluated the correlation in…”
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Low rates of testing and diagnostic codes usage in a commercial clinical laboratory : Evidence for lack of physician awareness of chronic kidney disease by STEVENS, Lesley A, FARES, George, FLEMING, James, MARTIN, David, MURTHY, Kalyani, JIEJING QIU, STARK, Paul C, UHLIG, Katrin, VAN LENTE, Frederick, LEVEY, Andrew S

“…Improving outcomes for chronic kidney disease (CKD) requires early identification and recognition by physicians. There are few data on rates of testing or use…”
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