Performance of glomerular filtration rate estimation equations in Congolese healthy adults: The inopportunity of the ethnic correction

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In the estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), ethnicity is an important determinant. However, all existing equations have been built solely from Caucasian and Afro-American populations and they are potentially inaccurate for estimating GFR in African populations. We t...

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Autores principales: Bukabau, Justine B., Sumaili, Ernest K., Cavalier, Etienne, Pottel, Hans, Kifakiou, Bejos, Nkodila, Aliocha, Makulo, Jean Robert R., Mokoli, Vieux M., Zinga, Chantal V., Longo, Augustin L., Engole, Yannick M., Nlandu, Yannick M., Lepira, François B., Nseka, Nazaire M., Krzesinski, Jean Marie, Delanaye, Pierre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5834186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29499039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193384

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5834186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29499039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193384

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