Modification of eGFR-Based CKD Definitions: Perfect, or Enemy of the Good?

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Oct;30(10):1807-1809. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019070743. Epub 2019 Sep 10.

Authors

Glenn M Chertow^{1

2}, Srinivasan Beddhu^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Departments of Medicine and [email protected].
² Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; and.
³ Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, and.
⁴ University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic kidney disease; epidemiology; mortality risk.

MeSH terms

Glomerular Filtration Rate*
Humans
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / diagnosis*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / physiopathology

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