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Kidney failure experts recommend new tool that eliminates race as a determining factor for diagnosis

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Since 2009, the most commonly used blood test to evaluate kidney function has used equations that include race as a determining factor. The equations estimate glomerular filtration rate from blood creatinine concentrations. Experts and researchers have recently challenged the inclusion of race in the equations…


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