Open AccessChanges of the glomerular size during the human fetal kidney development
Author(s) -
Marija Daković-Bjelaković,
Slobodan Vlajković,
Rade Čukuranović,
Svetlana Antić,
Goran Bjelaković,
Dejan Mitić
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0602033d
Subject(s) - gestational age , kidney , medicine , cortex (anatomy) , renal function , fetus , human kidney , renal cortex , anatomy , linear correlation , pregnancy , biology , genetics , neuroscience , statistics , mathematics
Newborns adaptation on postnatal conditions includes significant morphological and functional renal changes. Every kidney contains a constant number of nephrons, at the end of the nephrogenesis period, which extends from week 8 to 34 of gestation. Mature juxtamedullary nephrons possess higher filtration capacity than primitive superficial nephrons, which have insufficient vascularization.