eGFR: Readjusting its rating

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 867-869

  Glassock, Richard J ^a   Winearls, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COCKCROFT GAULT EQUATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MODIFICATION OF DIET IN RENAL DISEASE EQUATION; RELIABILITY; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 68549110650     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01830309     Document Type: Editorial

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