The kidney of late preterm infants
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The kidney of late preterm infants
Nephrogenesis in the late preterm The process of nephron formation ceases between 34 and 36 weeks of gestation [1], the limit within which the term late preterm is applied. In 1943, Potter and Thierstein examined the autopsies of 1000 fetuses and neonates and found the presence of the nephrogenic zone in 100% of 30-week fetuses, in about 80% of 34-week cases and in 30% of 36-week cases. They st...
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عنوان ژورنال: Italian Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-40-s2-a14