Doctors measure the blood creatinine level as a test of kidney function. The kidneys' ability to handle creatinine is called the creatinine clearance rate, which helps to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) -- the rate of blood flow through the kidneys.
Martin Luther King and MLK redirect here. For other uses, see Martin Luther King (disambiguation) and MLK (disambiguation). Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 â April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Please try again later. On April 4th, 1968, an assassin took the life-but not the dream -- of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. Reverend King was the most prominent civil rights leader of the 20th century. King had traveled to Memphis to support the 1,300 striking black sanitation workers with a peaceful march scheduled for April 8rh and traveled to Memphis on April 3rd.