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Kidney disease

Abstract Background The kidneys play a central role in homeostasis, and reduced renal function strongly correlates with increasing morbidity and mortality. Laboratory investigations are central to the diagnosis and management of kidney disease and investigations of kidney function constitute a…

Kidney function tests

Abstract Background The functional unit of the kidney is the nephron. Because glomerular filtration is the initiating phase of all nephron functions, quantitative or qualitative assessment of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), or some variable that bears a reasonably constant…