Renal volume of five-year-old preterm children are not different than full-term controls

• Main Authors: Jaime M. Restrepo (Author), Laura Torres-Canchala (Author), Juan Carlos Arias Cadavid (Author), Michael Ferguson (Author), Adriana Villegas (Author), Oscar Ramirez (Author), Martin Rengifo (Author), Guido Filler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: In previous studies, smaller renal volumes were reported in prematurely born infants, however, these renal volumes were not corrected for body surface area, the main determinant of renal size. Given the rapid growth of the renal cortex after premature birth, the authors hypothesized that...