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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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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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