Levels of serum creatinine and estimated creatinine clearance over the age of 75: A study of an elderly Swedish population

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-188

  Fastbom, Johan ^a,b   Wills, Phillippa ^a,b   Cornelius, Christel ^a,b   Viitanen, Matti ^a,b   Winblad, Bengt ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged; Estimated creatinine clearance; Renal function; Serum creatinine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030247708     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)00719-4     Document Type: Article

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