Abstract:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 10% of the population worldwide. It often leads to poor quality of life, especially among people suffering from end-stage CKD. Detection and treatment of the renal disorders at an early stage can help in postponing of end-stage disease as well as its treatment options, such as renal transplant and dialysis. The current routine measurement of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) includes methods that are expensive, cumbersome, time-consuming, inaccurate, often inconvenient and i… Show more
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