Estimating kidney function in HIV-infected adults in Kenya: comparison to a direct measure of glomerular filtration rate by iohexol clearance.

More than two-thirds of the world's HIV-positive individuals live in sub-Saharan Africa, where genetic susceptibility to kidney disease is high and resources for kidney disease screening and antiretroviral therapy (ART) toxicity monitoring are limited. Equations to estimate glomerular filtratio...

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Main Authors: Christina M Wyatt, George J Schwartz, Willis Owino Ong'or, Joseph Abuya, Alison G Abraham, Charles Mboku, Loice B M'mene, Winnie J Koima, Mathew Hotta, Paula Maier, Paul E Klotman, Kara Wools-Kaloustian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3738577?pdf=render