Is kidney size a useful predictor of renal function in the elderly?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 415-422

  Burkhardt, Heinrich ^a   Hahn, T ^a   Gladisch, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cockroft and Gault formula; Elderly; Kidney size; Renal function; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; INULIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0038377501     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP59415     Document Type: Article

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