Renal pathology, glomerular number and volume in a West African urban community
- McNamara, Bridgette J.
- Diouf, Boucar
- Hughson, Michael D.
- Douglas-Denton, Rebecca N.
- Hoy, Wendy E.
- Bertram, John F.
Publication date
August 2008
DOI Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP) ISSN
0931-0509 Citation count (estimate)
30Abstract
Background. Low glomerular number and large glomerular volume are hypothesized to be risk factors for hypertensive renal disease in adult life. Reports of human glomerular number are based on studies from developed nations and have found single kidney mean values of similar to 900 000 per kidney with a roughly 8-fold range matched by a similar range in glomerular volume. Glomerular number and volume have never been investigated in people from a developing country
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