Referrals for chronic kidney disease: Real problem or nuisance?

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1201-1203

  Glassock, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AWARENESS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLASSIFICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY; NOTE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LABORATORIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77949889951     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.315     Document Type: Editorial

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