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Development of the Human Fetal Kidney from Mid to Late Gestation in Male and Female Infants.

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During normal human kidney development, nephrogenesis (the formation of nephrons) is complete by term birth, with the majority of nephrons formed late in gestation. The aim of this study was to morphologically examine nephrogenesis in fetal human kidneys from 20 to 41weeks of gestation.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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EBioMedicine
Date Published
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2017
URL
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http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352-3964(17)30495-4
DOI
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10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.12.016
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EBioMedicine
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