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Reference values and sex differences in absolute and relative kidney size. A Swiss autopsy study

BACKGROUND: Men have larger kidneys than women, but it is unclear whether gender remains an independent predictor of kidney size (expressed as weight or length) after correction for body size. We analysed autopsy data to assess whether relative renal length and weight (e.g. corrected for body weight...

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Autores principales: Kalucki, Sabrina Addidou, Lardi, Christelle, Garessus, Jonas, Kfoury, Alain, Grabherr, Silke, Burnier, Michel, Pruijm, Menno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7372852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32689967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-01946-y