The origin of the 1.73-m2 body surface area normalization: Problems and implications

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 135-137

  Heaf, James G ^a,b  

^a Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body surface area; Glomerular filtration rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART OUTPUT; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34247241145     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2006.00718.x     Document Type: Review

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