Potential benefits of alkali therapy to prevent GFR loss: Time for a palatable solution for the management of CKD

Kidney International

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1065-1067

  Sahni, Vaibhav ^a   Rosa, Robert M ^a   Batlle, Daniel ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALKALI; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CITRATE SODIUM; CITRIC ACID; ENDOTHELIN;

BONE DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIALYSIS; DIET; DIET THERAPY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349277999     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.364     Document Type: Note

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