Measuring vs estimating glomerular filtration rate in kidney transplantation

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-27

  White, Christine A ^a   Knoll, Greg A ^b,c   Poggio, Emilio D ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYSTATIN C; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; TACROLIMUS;

ACCURACY; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE MARKER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449713399     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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