Classification of chronic kidney disease in the elderly: Pitfalls and errors

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Winearls, Christopher G ^a   Glassock, Richard J ^b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Chronic kidney disease; Staging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CIRCULATION; ELDERLY CARE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALBUMINURIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 80051759639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16602110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328013     Document Type: Article

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