Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate with vs Without Including Patient Race

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 793-795

  Levey, Andrew S ^a   Tighiouart, Hocine ^a   Titan, Silvia M ^a,b   Inker, Lesley A ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; CAUCASIAN; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85081692964     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0045     Document Type: Letter

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