Renal programming: Cause for concern?

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kett, Michelle M ^a   Denton, Kate M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Kidney disease; Nephron endowment; Renin angiotensin system; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79954526943     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00791.2010     Document Type: Article

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