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Euan A Sandilands1, Neeraj Dhaun, James W Dear, David J Webb.
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease affects millions of people worldwide and is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality as a result of kidney failure and cardiovascular disease. Accurate assessment of kidney function is important in the clinical setting as a screening tool and for monitoring disease progression and guiding prognosis. In clinical research, the development of new methods to measure kidney function accurately is important in the search for new therapeutic targets and the discovery of novel biomarkers to aid early identification of kidney injury. This review considers different methods for measuring kidney function and their contribution to the improvement of detection, monitoring and treatment of chronic kidney disease.Entities:
Keywords: chronic kidney disease; glomerular filtration rate; renal dysfunction
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23802624 PMCID: PMC3791974 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12198
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Clin Pharmacol ISSN: 0306-5251 Impact factor: 4.335