American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 21-35 , July 2007

Impact of Creatinine Calibration on Performance of GFR Estimating Equations in a Pooled Individual Patient Database

Presented in abstract form at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, San Diego, CA, November 16, 2006.

  • Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS, Division of Nephrology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington St, Box #391, Boston, MA 02111.
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  • Jane Manzi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Andrew S. Levey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Jing Chen, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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  • Amy E. Deysher, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Tom Greene, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Emilio D. Poggio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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  • Christopher H. Schmid, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Michael W. Steffes, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
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  • Yaping (Lucy) Zhang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Frederick Van Lente, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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  • Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Received 8 December 2006 ,Accepted 2 April 2007.

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 Because an author of this manuscript is an editor for AJKD, the peer-review and decision-making processes were handled entirely by an outside editor, Marcello Tonelli, MD, SM, University of Alberta, who served as Acting Editor-in-Chief. Details of the journal’s procedures for potential editor conflicts are given in the Editorial Policies section of the AJKD Website.

 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.04.004 on June 1, 2007.

PII: S0272-6386(07)00696-8

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.04.004

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 21-35 , July 2007

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