GFR as the "gold Standard": Estimated, Measured, and True

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-12

  Levey, Andrew S ^a   Inker, Lesley A ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; IOTALAMIC ACID;

DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RENAL CLEARANCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; MALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; IOTHALAMIC ACID; MALE;

EID: 84954425354     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.09.014     Document Type: Editorial

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