Screening for chronic kidney disease: preventing harm or harming the healthy?

PLoS Med. 2012;9(11):e1001345. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001345. Epub 2012 Nov 20.

Abstract

Maarten Taal discusses the potential benefits, risks, and evidence base relating to screening policies for chronic kidney disease.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Disease Progression*
  • Humans
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / epidemiology*
  • Risk Assessment / methods*

Grants and funding

No specific funding was received for writing this article.