Estimating and measuring glomerular filtration rate: Methods of measurement and markers for estimation

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 258-266

  Lamb, Edmund J ^a   Stevens, Paul E ^b  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic kidney disease; classification; creatinine; cystatin C; ethnicity; glomerular filtration rate

Indexed keywords

6 N N DIMETHYLARGININE; ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; EDETIC ACID; INULIN; PENTETIC ACID; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CST3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNICITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GOLD STANDARD; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898542498     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnh.0000444813.72626.88     Document Type: Review

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