Is it possible to use modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) equation in a Brazilian population?

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-199

  Nóbrega, Ana M ^a   Gomes, Carlo P ^a   Lemos, Carla C S ^a   Bregman, Rachel ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Creatinine clearance; Glomerular filtration rate; Modification of diet in renal disease study

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; UREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; BRAZIL; DIET; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748850340     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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