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Birth Weight Is Associated With Kidney Size in Middle-Aged Women
INTRODUCTION: Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with increased risk of kidney disease due to lower nephron endowment leading to hyperfiltration and subsequent nephron loss. Kidney size is commonly used as a proxy for nephron number. We compared kidney volume measured by magnetic resonance imaging...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8589725/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34805631 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.08.029 |