Comparative performance of the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study equations for estimating GFR levels above 60 mL/min/1.73 m2.

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Published in Am J Kidney Dis on June 16, 2010

Authors

Lesley A Stevens1, Christopher H Schmid, Tom Greene, Yaping Lucy Zhang, Gerald J Beck, Marc Froissart, Lee L Hamm, Julia B Lewis, Michael Mauer, Gerjan J Navis, Michael W Steffes, Paul W Eggers, Josef Coresh, Andrew S Levey

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1: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA. lstevens1@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

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