Discrepancy between predicted and measured GFR in hospitalized Nigerian children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 335-340

  Ocheke, Isaac E ^a   Agaba, Emmanuel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTATINS; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; NIGERIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33749608460     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml025     Document Type: Article

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