The applicability of eGFR equations to different populations

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 513-522

  Delanaye, Pierre ^a   Mariat, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUATION; COCKCROFT GAULT EQUATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY GRAFT; MODIFICATION OF DIET IN RENAL DISEASE EQUATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MATHEMATICS; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84883197118     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2013.143     Document Type: Review

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