Predicting Outcomes in CKD

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 635-637

  Kurth, Tobias ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 52049113007     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.003     Document Type: Editorial

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