Estimating glomerular filtration rate: Is it good enough? and is it time to move on?

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 310-315

  Murphy, Daniel P ^a   Hsu, Chi Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimated glomerular filtration rate; Glomerular filtration rate; Measured glomerular filtration rate; Relative utility

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN;

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84878868691     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e32836041e4     Document Type: Review

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