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. 2007 Nov;72(10):1183-5.
doi: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002576.

Chronic kidney disease definition and classification: the quest for refinements

G Eknoyan  1
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Chronic kidney disease definition and classification: the quest for refinements

G Eknoyan. Kidney Int. 2007 Nov.
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Abstract

The definition and staging of chronic kidney disease (CKD) have provided a unifying approach to CKD that has generated considerable new information on the epidemiology, course, outcomes, and burden of CKD. Eriksen and Ingebretsen propose a change in the current 3 months chronicity criterion of CKD. Whereas longer lengths of chronicity changed the number of patients in stages 3 and 4, mortality remained high in each of their new groupings. Essentially, CKD persisted and remained a risk multiplier of death.

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