Classification of chronic kidney disease: A step forward

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-67

  Levey, Andrew S ^a   Tangri, Navdeep ^a   Stevens, Lesley A ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 79551584741     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-1-201101040-00012     Document Type: Editorial

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