The Journal of Urology
Volume 178, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1570-1574 , October 2007

Prenatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Demonstrates Linear Growth of the Human Fetal Kidneys During Gestation

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 Study received approval from the ethics committee on clinical studies at Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven and Katolieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

PII: S0022-5347(07)00876-2

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.178

The Journal of Urology
Volume 178, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1570-1574 , October 2007

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