Kidney Testing Method Allegedly Underestimated Risk of Black Patients

March 16, 1999

The decades-long use of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) method to test kidney function, which factors in race, has been challenged by medical professionals and students due to its problematic history and inadequacy in assessing kidney health for Black individuals.

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Alleged deployer: chronic-kidney-disease-epidemiology-collaboration
Alleged developer: chronic-kidney-disease-epidemiology-collaboration
Alleged harmed parties: black-patients, african-american-patients

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