Performance characteristics of a dialysis-related amyloidosis questionnaire

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1235-1240

  Chertow, Glenn M ^a,c   Trimbur, Therese ^b   Karlson, Elizabeth W ^a   Lazarus, J Michael ^a   Kay, Jonathan ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Functional status; Predictive value of tests; ROC curve; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING;

EID: 0030399599     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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