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Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Department of Medicine, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Department of Medicine, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.; Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Authors
Toth-Manikowski Stephanie M, Sirich Tammy L, Meyer Timothy W, Hostetter Thomas H, Hwang Seungyoung, Plummer Natalie S, Hai Xin, Coresh Josef, Powe Neil R, Shafi Tariq
Studies
Abstract
Residual kidney function (RKF) is thought to exert beneficial effects through clearance of uremic toxins. However, the level of native kidney function where clearance becomes negligible is not known.