Estimated glomerular filtration rate: Why we need it

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-418

  Abdi, Z ^a   O'Donoghue, D ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ALBUMINURIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84867189378     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2012.012168     Document Type: Editorial

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