Adult renal size is not a suitable marker for nephron numbers: An individual patient data meta-analysis

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 540-546

  Bueters, Ruud R G ^a   Van De Kar, Nicole C A J ^a   Schreuder, Michiel F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glomerular number; Nephron endowment; Nephron number; Renal size; Renal weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; GENDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY SIZE; META ANALYSIS; NEPHRON; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE; STEREOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY SURFACE AREA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRONS; ORGAN SIZE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STEREOISOMERISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891140307     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: 14230143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355734     Document Type: Article

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