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Research Article| Volume 13, ISSUE 1, P257-267, March 1993

Assessment of Renal Function in the Young: Special Considerations

  • R. Morrison Hurley
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30473-6
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      Infants are born in a state of renal insufficiency and have varying degrees of maturity of tubular processes. This is even more striking in premature infants. A review of glomerular and tubular function assessment with particular attention to factors that impact on these developmental and maturational factors is presented.
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