Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Kidney Development, Disease, Repair and Regeneration |
| Editors | Melissa H. Little |
| Place of Publication | London UK |
| Publisher | Academic Press |
| Pages | 167-175 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-12-800102-8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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Variation in Human Nephron Number and Association with Disease. / Bertram, John F; Hughson, Michael D; Puelles, Victor G; Hoy, Wendy E.
Kidney Development, Disease, Repair and Regeneration. ed. / Melissa H. Little. 1st. ed. London UK : Academic Press, 2016. p. 167-175.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - Variation in Human Nephron Number and Association with Disease
AU - Bertram, John F
AU - Hughson, Michael D
AU - Puelles, Victor G
AU - Hoy, Wendy E
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - For almost a century, each human kidney was considered to contain approximately one million nephrons. This was the number cited in all Nephrology, anatomy, and histology textbooks. However, recent evidence from studies of several racial groups indicates that although one million nephrons are close to the average number of nephrons in a single human kidney, nephron number varies widely among subjects. Indeed, the number varies more than 13-fold, and this variation occurs in the absence of kidney disease?in other words, this variation exists in the normal human population. The number of nephrons in a kidney became......
AB - For almost a century, each human kidney was considered to contain approximately one million nephrons. This was the number cited in all Nephrology, anatomy, and histology textbooks. However, recent evidence from studies of several racial groups indicates that although one million nephrons are close to the average number of nephrons in a single human kidney, nephron number varies widely among subjects. Indeed, the number varies more than 13-fold, and this variation occurs in the absence of kidney disease?in other words, this variation exists in the normal human population. The number of nephrons in a kidney became......
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128001028#ancs04
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-800102-8.00014-X
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-800102-8.00014-X
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 978-0-12-800102-8
SP - 167
EP - 175
BT - Kidney Development, Disease, Repair and Regeneration
A2 - Little, Melissa H.
PB - Academic Press
CY - London UK
ER -