Iohexol plasma clearance for measuring glomerular filtration rate in clinical practice and research: A review. Part 1: How to measure glomerular filtration rate with iohexol?

Clinical Kidney Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 682-699

  Delanaye, Pierre ^a   Ebert, Natalie ^b   Melsom, Toralf ^c,d   Gaspari, Flavio ^e   Mariat, Christophe ^f   Cavalier, Etienne ^a   Björk, Jonas ^g   Christensson, Anders ^h   Nyman, Ulf ^h   Porrini, Esteban ⁱ   Remuzzi, Giuseppe ^j,k   Ruggenenti, Piero ^j,k   Schaeffner, Elke ^b   Soveri, Inga ^l   Sterner, Gunnar ^h   Eriksen, Bjørn Odvar ^c,d   Bäck, Sten Erik ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^j MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^k PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Glomerular filtration rate; Iohexol

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; IOHEXOL;

ASCITES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INULIN CLEARANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RENAL CLEARANCE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 84995569547     PISSN: 20488505     EISSN: 20488513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfw070     Document Type: Review

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