Glomerular filtration rate - What is the rationale and justification of normalizing GFR for body surface area?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-6

  Geddes, Colin C ^a   Woo, Yook Mun ^b   Brady, Stefan ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b INVERCLYDE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body surface area; Children; Chronic kidney disease; Extracellular fluid volume; Glomerular filtration rate; Living kidney donor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SURFACE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NOTE; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EDITORIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 44449173218     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm662     Document Type: Note

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