Clinical implications of estimating equations for glomerular filtration rate

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 959-961

  Stevens, Lesley A ^a   Levey, Andrew S ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; IOTALAMIC ACID;

CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCKROFT GAULT EQUATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MODIFICATION OF DIET IN RENAL DISEASE STUDY EQUATION SCORE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11144307887     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-12-200412210-00013     Document Type: Review

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