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C Merlet-Bénichou1, J Vilar, M Lelièvre-Pégorier, T Gilbert.
Abstract
Vitamin A closely modulates nephron endowment at birth. It is also required for the development of renal vasculature. Fetal vitamin A status may thus be responsible for most of the variations in nephron number found in the general population, and may play a major role in the intrauterine programming of chronic renal disease and hypertension.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 9914859 DOI: 10.1097/00041552-199901000-00007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens ISSN: 1062-4821 Impact factor: 2.894