American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 10-20 , January 2008

Effect of Intrauterine Growth Restriction on Kidney Function at Young Adult Age: The Nord Trøndelag Health (HUNT 2) Study

  • Stein Hallan, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Stein Hallan, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, St Olavs Hospital, Olav Kyrres gt 17, N-7000 Trondheim, Norway.
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  • Anne M. Euser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Lorentz M. Irgens, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Locus of Registry Based Epidemiology, University of Bergen and Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
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  • Martijn J.J. Finken, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Jostein Holmen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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  • Friedo W. Dekker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Received 18 May 2007 ,Accepted 24 September 2007.

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PII: S0272-6386(07)01308-X

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.09.013

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 10-20 , January 2008

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