glomerular filtration rate
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renal function test, based on water filtered out of plasma through glomerular capillary walls into Bowman's capsules
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Within Vinony's link graph, glomerular filtration rate is referenced by 198 other articles, and connects out to extracellular fluid, clearance and glomerulus.
It is catalogued under topics including Blood tests, Diagnostic nephrology and Renal physiology.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
89,404 papers- Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation in Adults: Myths and Promises.Nephron · 2024
- Obesity and glomerular filtration rate.International urology and nephrology · 2024
- Exploring Renal Function Assessment: Creatinine, Cystatin C, and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Focused on the European Kidney Function Consortium Equation.Annals of laboratory medicine · 2024
- Americentrism in estimation of glomerular filtration rate equations.Kidney international · 2022
- Real-time measurement of glomerular filtration rate.Current opinion in critical care · 2017
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Encyclopedic overview
Diagram showing a schematic nephron and its blood supply. The basic physiologic mechanisms of handling fluid and electrolytes by the nephron—filtration, secretion, reabsorption, and excretion—are labelled.
Renal functions include maintaining an acid–base balance; regulating fluid balance; regulating sodium, potassium, and other electrolytes; clearing toxins; absorption of glucose, amino acids, and other small molecules; regulation of blood pressure; production of various hormones, such as erythropoietin; and activation of vitamin D.
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