Removing race from GFR estimates: balancing potential benefits and unintended consequences

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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: LInker@Tuftsmedicalcenter.org.

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Anika Lucas et al. Kidney Int. 2021 Jul.

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. 2021 Jul;100(1):11-13.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.02.017. Epub 2021 Feb 27.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: LInker@Tuftsmedicalcenter.org.

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Keywords: chronic kidney disease; creatinine; disparities; glomerular filtration rate; glomerulus.

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Clinical Implications of Removing Race From Estimates of Kidney Function.
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