Renal function in the elderly and their association with the comorbidity;Función renal en el anciano y su asociación con la comorbilidad

Nefrologia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-85

  Heras, M ^a   Fernandez Reyes M J ^a   Guerrero, M T ^a   Sanchez R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE SEGOVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LETTER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE;

EID: 67650726205     PISSN: 02116995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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