Ideal rather than actual weight for glomerular filtration rate measurement: an issue to be clarified
Pediatr Nephrol
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2024 Aug;39(8):2537-2538.
doi: 10.1007/s00467-024-06317-5.
Epub 2024 Feb 12.
Authors
Guido Filler
1
2
3
4
,
Maria E Díaz González de Ferris
5
,
Mara Medeiros
6
7
Affiliations
1
Department of Pediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5W9, Canada.
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2
Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5W9, Canada.
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3
The Lilibeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, N6A 5W9, Canada.
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4
University of Western Ontario, 800 Commissioners Road East, E3-206, London, Ontario, N6A 5W9, Canada.
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5
Department of Pediatrics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
6
Unidad de Investigación en Nefrología y Metabolismo Mineral Óseo, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, México.
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Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México.
PMID:
38345746
DOI:
10.1007/s00467-024-06317-5
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Body Weight
Child
Glomerular Filtration Rate* / physiology
Humans
Ideal Body Weight / physiology