Family members of patients treated for ESRD have high rates of undetected kidney disease

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1173-1178

  Jurkovitz, Claudine ^a,b,c,d,e   Franch, Harold ^a,b,c,d,e   Shoham, David ^a,b,c,d,e   Bellenger, Judy ^a,b,c,d,e   McClellan, William ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Natl Kidney Foundation of Georgia   (United States)

^e ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Chronic kidney disease (CKD); Cross sectional survey; Diabetes; End stage renal disease (ESRD); Family history; Hypertension; Prevalence; Proteinuria; Reatinine clearance (CrCI)

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; RELATIVE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0036894130     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.36866     Document Type: Article

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