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A difficult path to point-of-care measurement of glomerular filtration rate

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Transdermal detection of fluorescent markers has potential to provide point-of-care measurement of glomerular filtration rate. However, validation of proposed approaches and confirmation of their clinical utility should be required ahead of their adoption in the clinic.

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, CHU Sart Tilman, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

    Pierre Delanaye

  2. Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Richard J. Glassock

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P.D. is a consultant for Nephrolyx. R.J.G. declares no competing interests.

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Delanaye, P., Glassock, R.J. A difficult path to point-of-care measurement of glomerular filtration rate. Nat Rev Nephrol 21, 285–286 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-025-00947-0

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