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Low birth weight is associated with earlier onset of end-stage renal disease in Danish patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
Kidney international - 1 May 2012
Orskov Bjarne, Christensen Karl B, Feldt-Rasmussen Bo, Strandgaard Svend
Abstract excerpt
Low-birth-weight individuals have a higher risk of hypertension and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Here we investigated whether low birth weight was associated with earlier onset of ESRD in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). In collaboration with all Danish departments of nephrology, 307 of 357 patients with ADPKD and ESRD born and living in Denmark were recruited. We were able...
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