کریاتینین (Creatinine)
A waste product made by the muscles and cleared from the blood by the kidneys.
A waste product made by the muscles and cleared from the blood by the kidneys. It rises when the kidneys do not work well. The level depends on muscle mass, age and sex, and a large meat meal or hard exercise before the test can raise it slightly. Doctors use it to calculate eGFR.
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