An evaluation of the body surface area correction for cr-edta measurements of glomerular filtration rate

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 447-451

  Blake, Glen M ^a   Grewal, Gurmandeep S ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body surface area correction; Glomerular filtration rate

Indexed keywords

EDETATE CHROMIUM CR 51;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHROMIUM; EDETIC ACID; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 18144382611     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200505000-00009     Document Type: Article

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