A national audit of estimated glomerular filtration rate and proteinuria reporting in the UK

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 558-561

  Kilpatrick, Eric S ^a   Verrill, Helen ^b  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DATA REPORTING; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROTEINURIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84856007834     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2011.011083     Document Type: Article

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