Assessment of kidney function: Estimating GFR in children

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 503-504

  Delanaye, Pierre ^a   Ebert, Natalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; NITROGEN;

ACCURACY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT SURVEY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865500257     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2012.163     Document Type: Short Survey

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