Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Your kidney function test results are a measure of how well your kidneys are working to filter your blood and remove excess water and waste from the body ...

Chi-yuan Hsu, UCSF nephrologist Cystatin C is a less-widely used test for kidney function. The new study showed that when cystatin C test results were substituted for creatinine test results, race ...

A study at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) has found that a test of kidney function that measures blood levels of cystatin C—a protein produced by most cells in the body—is a far more ...