The implications of anatomical and functional changes of the aging kidney: With an emphasis on the glomeruli

Kidney International

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-277

  Glassock, Richard J ^a   Rule, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; geriatric nephrology; glomerular filtration rate; glomerulosclerosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

AGING; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL LOSS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE COURSE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MASS; NEPHRON; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84863803158     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.65     Document Type: Review

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