American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 425-433 , September 2008

Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin and Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

  • Gebhard Wagener, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Gebhard Wagener, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, P&S Box 46 (PH-5), 630 West 168th St, New York, NY 10032-3784
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  • Gina Gubitosa, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Shuang Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Heath, Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Niels Borregaard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Mihwa Kim, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • ,
  • H. Thomas Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY

Received 14 January 2008 ,Accepted 12 May 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.05.018 on July 25, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00957-8

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.05.018

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 425-433 , September 2008

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