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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Autori principali: 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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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2018
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5834186/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29499039
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193384
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