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A Primer on Congenital Anomalies of the Kidneys and Urinary Tracts (CAKUT).
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - 7 May 2020
Murugapoopathy Vasikar, Gupta Indra R
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Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tracts (CAKUT) are disorders caused by defects in the development of the kidneys and their outflow tracts. The formation of the kidneys begins at week 3 and nephrogenesis continues until week 36, therefore, the kidneys and outflow tracts are susceptible to environmental risk factors that perturb development throughout gestation. Many genes have been implicated in...
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