A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate in Chinese Elderly Population

Xun Liu; Yanni Wang; Cheng Wang; Chenggang Shi; Cailian Cheng; Jinxia Chen; Huijuan Ma; Linsheng Lv; Lin Li; Tanqi Lou

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079675

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A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate in Chinese Elderly Population

Xun Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xun Liu, Yanni Wang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, College of Biomedical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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Yanni Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xun Liu, Yanni Wang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Cheng Wang,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Chenggang Shi,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Cailian Cheng,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Jinxia Chen,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Huijuan Ma,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Linsheng Lv,

Affiliation Operating Room, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Lin Li ,

* E-mail: lou.tq@163.com (TL); lilin5786@263.net (LL)

¶Contributed equally to this work with: Lin Li, Tanqi Lou

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Tanqi Lou

* E-mail: lou.tq@163.com (TL); lilin5786@263.net (LL)

¶Contributed equally to this work with: Lin Li, Tanqi Lou

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate in Chinese Elderly Population

Xun Liu,
Yanni Wang,
Cheng Wang,
Chenggang Shi,
Cailian Cheng,
Jinxia Chen,
Huijuan Ma,
Linsheng Lv,
Lin Li,
Tanqi Lou

Published: November 11, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079675

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