Bisphosphonates in renal insufficiency: Comparison of estimated glomerular filtration rate methods

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2351-2353

  Burkiewicz, Jill S ^a   Griffin, Brooke L ^a   Komperda, Kathy E ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CREATININE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COCKCROFT GAULT EQUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFICATION OF DIET IN RENAL DISEASE EQUATION; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 71549129045     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02593.x     Document Type: Letter

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