When is one kidney not enough?

Kidney International

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-477

  Chevalier, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROSTAGLANDIN INHIBITOR;

ADULTHOOD; AUTOPSY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHRON; NOTE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEINURIA; RENAL PROTECTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLITARY KIDNEY; SURVIVAL; URETHRA VALVE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 68949205713     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.244     Document Type: Note

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