Technical Note

Kidney International (1992) 41, 1701–1706; doi:10.1038/ki.1992.243

An accurate practical method for estimating GFR in clinical studies using a constant subcutaneous infusion

Amira Al-Uzri1, Malcolm A Holliday1, John G Gambertoglio1, Morris Schambelan1, Barry A Kogan1 and Burl R Don1

1Department of Pediatrics, the Department of Medicine and the Department of Urology, School of Medicine, and the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Correspondence: Amira Al-Uzri MD, c/o Pediatric Nephrology Division, University of California, San Francisco, 533 Parnassus Avenue, Room U585, San Francisco, CA 94143-0748, USA.

Received 1 August 1991; Revised 26 December 1991; Accepted 30 December 1991.

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