GFR normalized to total body water allows comparisons across genders and body sizes

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1517-1525

  Eriksen, Bjørn Odvar ^a,b   Melsom, Toralf ^a,b   Mathisen, Ulla D ^a,b   Jenssen, Trond G ^b,c   Solbu, Marit D ^a   Toft, Ingrid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 79960945345     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2010121321     Document Type: Article

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