Weight for Gestational Age as a Baseline Predictor of Kidney Function in Adulthood

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Ingelfinger, Julie R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; EDITORIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 37349030164     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.11.004     Document Type: Editorial

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