Reply: Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in China

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9838, 2012, Pages 213-

  Du, Xin ^a   Fan, Li ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROALBUMINURIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84864031116     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61208-2     Document Type: Letter

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