Estimating equations for glomerular filtration rate in the era of creatinine standardization: A systematic review

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 785-795

  Earley, Amy ^a   Miskulin, Dana ^a   Lamb, Edmund J ^b   Levey, Andrew S ^a   Uhlig, Katrin ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EUROPE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84861845068     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-11-201203200-00391     Document Type: Review

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