American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 542-551 , October 2007

Renal Function and Size at Young Adult Age After Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Very Premature Birth

  • Mandy G. Keijzer-Veen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mandy G. Keijzer-Veen, MD, PhD, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Hilda A. Kleinveld, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
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  • Maarten H. Lequin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Radiology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Friedo W. Dekker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
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  • Jeroen Nauta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam
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  • Yolanda B. de Rijke, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Bert J. van der Heijden, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam

Received 19 October 2006 ,Accepted 13 June 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.06.015 on August 17, 2007.

PII: S0272-6386(07)00948-1

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.06.015

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 542-551 , October 2007

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