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S3 Ep46: NephMadness 2022: Neonatal AKI

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The Role of Nephrons in Newborns

There's still a lot we don't truly understand about kidney physiology and development, but we're learning more with every kind of passing year. Nephron number can range by upwards of a million nephrons depending whether you're born at 24 weeks or full term. It actually takes to about two years of age for the hospital to really develop a mature GFR.

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