Clinical impact of reporting estimated glomerular filtration rates

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1381-1383

  Hostetter, Thomas H ^a   Levey, Andrew S ^b   Stevens, Lesley A ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; URINALYSIS;

AGING; CREATININE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956378341     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.147827     Document Type: Short Survey

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