Errors induced by indexing glomerular filtration rate for body surface area: Reductio ad absurdum

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3593-3596

  Delanaye, Pierre ^a   Mariat, Christophe ^b   Cavalier, Etienne ^a   Krzesinski, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Body surface area; Glomerular filtration rate

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SHORT SURVEY;

BODY SURFACE AREA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 71049159235     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp431     Document Type: Short Survey

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