Pro: Thresholds to define chronic kidney disease should not be age-dependent

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 770-773

  Conte, Giuseppe ^a   Minutolo, Roberto ^a   De Nicola, Luca ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

aging; chronic kidney disease; death; epidemiology; ESRD; proteinuria

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALBUMINURIA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN CLEARANCE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

AGING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESRD; PROTEINURIA;

AGE FACTORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84897452221     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft324     Document Type: Short Survey

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