Low Nephron Number and Its Clinical Consequences

decades ago, that developmental programming of the kidney impacts an individual’s risk for hypertension and renal disease in later life. Low birth weight is the strongest current clinical surrogate marker for an adverse intrauterine environment and, based on animal and human studies, is associated w...

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Main Authors: Valerie A. Luyckx, Khuloud Shukha, Barry M. Brenner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rambam Health Care Campus 2011-10-01
Series:Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://rmmj.org.il/(S(pbnc4iy0ple4gmozwhuhdg1b))/Pages/ArticleHTM.aspx?manuId=125