Developmental Origins of Kidney Disease: Why Oxidative Stress Matters?

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The "developmental origins of health and disease" theory indicates that many adult-onset diseases can originate in the earliest stages of life. The developing kidney has emerged as being particularly vulnerable to adverse in utero conditions leading to morphological and functional changes, namely renal programming. Emerging evidence indicates oxidative stress, an imbalance between reactive oxygen/nitrogen species...

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