Time to differentiate 'decreased kidney function' from 'kidney disease': Towards improving the definition of chronic kidney disease

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 493-497

  Parmar, Malvinder S ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^b Timmins and District Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Estimated glomerular filtration rate; Kidney function

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIET; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NEPHRECTOMY; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84863101443     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-0115-7     Document Type: Review

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