Renal volume of five-year-old preterm children are not different than full-term controls

Objective: In previous studies, smaller renal volumes were reported in prematurely born infants, however, these renal volumes were not corrected for body surface area, the main determinant of renal size. Given the rapid growth of the renal cortex after premature birth, the authors hypothesized that...

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Published in:	Jornal de Pediatria
Main Authors:	Jaime M. Restrepo, Laura Torres-Canchala, Juan Carlos Arias Cadavid, Michael Ferguson, Adriana Villegas, Oscar Ramirez, Martin Rengifo, Guido Filler
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-05-01
Subjects:	Renal volume Renal volume z-scores Renal length Renal function Low birth weight Blood pressure
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755721001182