Kidney growth in small-for-gestational-age infants: evidence of early accelerated renal growth
Author(s) -
Vasileios Giapros,
Aikaterini Drougia,
E. Hotoura,
F. Papadopoulou,
Maria I. Argyropoulou,
Styliani Andronikou
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl466
Subject(s) - medicine , small for gestational age , gestational age , appropriate for gestational age , birth weight , anthropometry , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Very few data are available on longitudinal renal growth in small for gestational age (SGA) infants born at term. The aim of this prospective study was to estimate comparatively the renal growth in SGA infants and in infants born appropriate for gestational age (AGA) during the first 2 years of life.
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