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Estimated glomerular filtration rate equations in people of self-reported black ethnicity in the United Kingdom: Inappropriate adjustment for ethnicity may lead to reduced access to care

Assessment in African populations suggest adjustment for ethnicity in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations derived from African Americans lead to overestimation of GFR and failure to determine severity in chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, studies in African Europeans are limite...

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Autores principales: Gama, Rouvick M., Clery, Amanda, Griffiths, Kathryn, Heraghty, Neil, Peters, Adrien M., Palmer, Kieran, Kibble, Henry, Vincent, Royce P., Sharpe, Claire C., Cairns, Hugh, Bramham, Kate
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8360513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34383841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255869