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Editorial
. 2007 May;63(5):509-11.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.02917.x.

Drug therapy in kidney disease

Jeffrey K Aronson
Editorial

Drug therapy in kidney disease

Jeffrey K Aronson. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2007 May.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
The mean relation between serum creatinine concentration and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in men, measured using iothalamate [solid line, adapted from reference 1]. The dotted line is the hypothetical relation for patients with burns.
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