A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

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Renal functionMedicineNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyKidney diseaseInterquartile rangeUrologyCreatininePopulationCystatin CEstimating equationsLinear regressionConfidence intervalInternal medicineStatisticsMathematicsEnvironmental health

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Year: 2009
Type: article
Volume: 150
Issue: 9
Pages: 604-612
Citations: 24538
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                                    Andrew S. Levey, 
                                
                                    Lesley A. Stevens, 
                                
                                    Christopher H. Schmid
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2009). 
                            A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate. 
                            Annals of Internal Medicine
                            , 150
                            (9)
                            , 604-612.
                            https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-150-9-200905050-00006
                        

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DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-9-200905050-00006