GFR estimation in children: Questions and answers (and Questions)

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1810-1812

  Fadrowski, Jeffrey J ^a   Furth, Susan L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; INULIN; IOTALAMIC ACID;

CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ASSAY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE;

EID: 80051556278     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.05900611     Document Type: Editorial

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