Detecting of chronic kidney disease in older people by the MDRD and MCQ formulas

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 722-

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Targher, Giovanni ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAYO CLINIC QUADRATIC EQUATION; MODIFICATION OF DIET IN RENAL DISEASE FORMULA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES;

EID: 56749155048     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn201     Document Type: Letter

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