Human nephron number: Implications for health and disease

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1529-1533

  Bertram, John F ^a   Douglas Denton, Rebecca N ^a   Diouf, Boucar ^b   Hughson, Michael D ^c   Hoy, Wendy E ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Glomerular number; Hypertension; Nephron number

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY SIZE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEPHRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; NEPHRONS;

EID: 80052298245     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-011-1843-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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