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What measures (diagnosis, lab results, etc) do you need to see if 2 ckd patients have taken the same course of development in their conditions?
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Many ways to measure: Or diagnose ckd.Abnormally elevated creatinine/bun and low creatinine clearance are markers in this disease process can somewhat comparable, patient to patient.
Answered 1/16/2014
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