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Reduced renal length and volume 20 years after very preterm birth

Intrauterine growth retardation is presumed to be associated with decreased renal size and impaired renal function as a result of stunted kidney development and nephron deficit. To study whether very preterm birth also affects renal size at young adulthood, we sonographically measured bipolar kidney...

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Autores principales: Keijzer-Veen, Mandy G., Devos, Annick S., Meradji, Morteza, Dekker, Friedo W., Nauta, Jeroen, van der Heijden, Bert J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2810374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20013294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-009-1371-y