Nephrocalcinosis in preterm neonates

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-230

  Schell Feith, Eveline A ^a   Kist Van Holthe, Joana E ^b   Van Der Heijden, Albert J ^c  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aetiology. Follow up; Low birth weight; Nephrocalcinosis; Preterm neonate; Prevention; Renal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXALATE; CITRATE SODIUM; CITRIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLYCINE; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ACIDOSIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPEROXALURIA; HYPERTENSION; INFANT NUTRITION; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN APNEA; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM INTAKE; VITAMIN INTAKE; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; KIDNEY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM OXALATE; CITRIC ACID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; KIDNEY; MALE; NEPHROCALCINOSIS; PREVALENCE; RATS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77950502156     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-0908-9     Document Type: Review

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