Estimating the glomerular filtration rate: Dos and don'ts for assessing kidney function

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 55-62

  Manjunath, Guruprasad ^a   Sarnak, Mark J ^a   Levey, Andrew S ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; REVIEW; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0035207341     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2001.12.1065     Document Type: Review

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