Open AccessSingle-Nephron Glomerular Filtration Rate in Healthy Adults
Author(s) -
Aleksandar Đenić,
Jerry Mathew,
Lilach O. Lerman,
John C. Lieske,
Joseph J. Larson,
Mariam P. Alexander,
Emilio D. Poggio,
Richard J. Glassock,
Andrew D. Rule
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1614329
Subject(s) - nephron , medicine , renal function , urology , kidney , biopsy , renal biopsy , kidney disease
The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) assesses the function of all nephrons, and the single-nephron GFR assesses the function of individual nephrons. How the single-nephron GFR relates to demographic and clinical characteristics and kidney-biopsy findings in humans is unknown.
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