Serum anion gap: Its uses and limitations in clinical medicine

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 162-174

  Kraut, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Madiast, Nicolaos E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BLOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POISONING;

EID: 34548523408     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03020906     Document Type: Review

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