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The new GFR equations: How will eliminating the race coefficient affect Black patients?

Paul Merchant, MD, Crystal Gadegbeku, MD, FAHA, FACP, FASN, Ali Mehdi, MD, Med, FACP, FASN, George Thomas, MD, FACP, Georges Nakhoul, MD, MEd and Jonathan Taliercio, DO, FASN
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2023, 90 (11) 685-691; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22061
Paul Merchant
Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Crystal Gadegbeku
Department Chair, Department of Kidney Medicine Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Ali Mehdi
Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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George Thomas
Director, Center for Blood Pressure Disorders, Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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Georges Nakhoul
Director, Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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vol. 90 no. 11 685-691
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22061
PubMed 
37914203

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Print ISSN 
0891-1150
Online ISSN 
1939-2869
History 
  • Published online November 1, 2023.

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  1. Paul Merchant, MD⇑
  1. Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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    Paul Merchant, MD, Department of Kidney Medicine, Q7, Cleve-land Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; merchap{at}ccf.org
  1. Crystal Gadegbeku, MD, FAHA, FACP, FASN
  1. Department Chair, Department of Kidney Medicine Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
  1. Ali Mehdi, MD, Med, FACP, FASN
  1. Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. George Thomas, MD, FACP
  1. Director, Center for Blood Pressure Disorders, Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Georges Nakhoul, MD, MEd
  1. Director, Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Jonathan Taliercio, DO, FASN
  1. Program Director, Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship, Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

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