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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Determining ‘true’ glomerular filtration rate in healthy adults using infusion of inulin and comparing it with values obtained using other clearance techniques or prediction equations

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Pages 278-285 | Received 13 Mar 2007, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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