Renal developmental delay expressed by reduced glomerular number and its association with growth retardation in victims of sudden infant death syndrome and in 'normal' infants

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 450-454

  Beech, Darren J ^a   Sibbons, Paul D ^b   Howard, C Vyvyan ^a   Van Velzen, Dick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Westeinde Zienkenhuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development; Glomeruli; Intrauterine growth retardation; Kidney; Stereology; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0033853493     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100240010091     Document Type: Article

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