Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8314625 | Clinica Chimica Acta | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
⺠How well does the CKD-EPI equation for African-American and Asian subjects performs? ⺠This study presents mathematical analysis of the CKD-EPI equation. ⺠Literature overview of median/reference serum creatinine values for multiple races. ⺠Results confirm criticism on the CKD-EPI equation for multiple ethnicities. ⺠New eGFR model based on population-normalized serum creatinine is proposed.
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Authors
Hans Pottel, Liesbeth Hoste, Pierre Delanaye, Etienne Cavalier, Frank Martens,