Nephron Mass and Cardiovascular and Renal Disease Risks

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 445-454

  Abitbol, Carolyn L ^a   Ingelfinger, Julie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b New England Journal of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental origins; nephrogenesis; perinatal; renal endowment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; KIDNEY MASS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MICROALBUMINURIA; NONHUMAN; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; NEPHRONS; ORGAN SIZE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650128044     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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