The national epidemic of chronic kidney disease: What we know and what we can do

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 23-29

  Eknoyan, Garabed ^a   Levey, Andrew S ^b   Levin, Nathan W ^c   Keane, William F ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034823673     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2001.09.1024     Document Type: Review

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