Assessing renal function - Searching for the perfect marker continues!

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-567

  Nair, Devaki R ^a   Mehta, Shweta ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BILIRUBIN; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; IOHEXOL; IOTALAMIC ACID; URIC ACID;

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MUSCLE MASS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80052600420     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2011.24120     Document Type: Editorial

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