Age, kidney function, and risk factors associate differently with cortical and medullary volumes of the kidney

The kidney atrophies in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) but factors influencing kidney size in normal adults are less clear. To help define this we measured kidney volumes on contrast-enhanced CT images from 1344 potential kidney donors (ages 18 to 75 years). Cortical volume per...

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Autores principales: Wang, Xiangling, Vrtiska, Terri J., Avula, Ramesh T., Walters, Leah R., Chakkera, Harini A., Kremers, Walter K., Lerman, Lilach O., Rule, Andrew D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24067437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.2013.359

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24067437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.2013.359

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