Serum creatinine is a poor marker of glomerular filtration rate in patients with spina bifida

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 808-810

  Quan, Albert ^a   Adams, Richard ^a   Ekmark, Elaine ^b   Baum, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IOTALAMIC ACID I 125;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION;

EID: 0031449163     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07547.x     Document Type: Article

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