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Chronic Renal Failure: Definition, Causes, and Assessment

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Nutritional Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure

Part of the book series: Topics in Renal Medicine ((TIRM,volume 7))

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The acronym CRF is used as a synonym for chronic renal insufficiency, chronic renal functional impairment, and also for chronic uremia, the latter term, however, having a completely different meaning (see Chapter 5). Tubular dysfunction, or abnormalities in the composition of the glomerular filtrate, are not regarded as manifestations of CRF. Thus the acronym CRF indicates a chronic reduction of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) below the normal range, corrected for a given age and body surface, irrespective of the underlying cause.

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Giovannetti, S., Gretz, N. (1989). Chronic Renal Failure: Definition, Causes, and Assessment. In: Giovannetti, S. (eds) Nutritional Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure. Topics in Renal Medicine, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1583-4_2

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