Preterm birth and the kidney: Implications for long-term renal health

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-333

  Gubhaju, Lina ^a   Sutherland, Megan R ^a   Black, M Jane ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

kidney; nephrogenesis; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BABOON; HYPEROXIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955604102     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719111401659     Document Type: Review

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