Detecting of chronic kidney disease in older people by the MDRD and MCQ formulas
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Detecting of chronic kidney disease in older people by the MDRD and MCQ formulas.
SIR—Healthcare professionals have been recently prompted by leaders of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry, the American Diabetes Association, the American Society of Nephrology and the College of American Pathologists as well as the National Kidney Disease Education Program to report estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by all hospital and commercial laboratories in the USA, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn201