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Glomerular Filtration Rate

"Glomerular Filtration Rate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The volume of water filtered out of plasma through glomerular capillary walls into Bowman's capsules per unit of time. It is considered to be equivalent to INULIN clearance.


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Bar chart showing 193 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2011 and 2017 and 2018
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