Urinary KIM-1 is not correlated with gestational age among 5-year-old children born prematurely

• Main Authors: Jaime M. Restrepo (Author), Laura Torres-Canchala (Author), Joseph V. Bonventre (Author), Juan C. Arias (Author), Michael Ferguson (Author), Adriana Villegas (Author), Oscar Ramirez (Author), Guido Filler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPreterm birth is associated with decreased nephron endowment. Currently, there is no reliable non-invasive biomarker to identify or monitor decreased nephron number in at-risk patients. Urinary Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (KIM-1) is a biomarker of acute and chronic renal injury. We measured u...