Unilateral anomalies of kidney development: Why is left not right

Kidney International

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 740-745

  Schreuder, Michiel F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

kidney development; renal agenesis; renal development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY ANOMALY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; NON OBSTRUCTIVE NON REFLUXING MEGAURETER; PELVIURETERAL JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80052825792     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.204     Document Type: Article

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