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Nephrology

the proposal that being born with fewer nephrons predisposes to hypertension and kidney disease later in life.

In nephrology, nephron number hypothesis refers to the proposal that being born with fewer nephrons predisposes to hypertension and kidney disease later in life. This meaning comes from Brenner (1988) in American Journal of Hypertension.[1]

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References

Brenner, B. M., Garcia, D. L., & Anderson, S. (1988). Glomeruli and Blood Pressure: Less of One, More the Other? American Journal of Hypertension, 1(4 Pt 1), 335-347. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/1.4.335

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