Glomerular development in the kidney as an index of fetal maturity
Glomerular development in the kidney as an index of fetal maturity
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(43)80226-2
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发表时间:
1943-01-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Thierstein, ST
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作者:
Potter, EL;Thierstein, ST
T HE stage of bodily development which is attained before birth varies greatly among different mammalian species, but before being born each fetus must attain a state of development commensurate with the demands which will be placed upon it ilmnediately after birth. Prior to birth all fetuses lead a protected, parasitic life, and little is required of them except that their constituent cells be able to multiply and differentiate. Anatomic and physiologic development are so integrated that progression of one is invariably associated with equivalent elaboration of the other.The human fetus must ordinarily cope with the exigencies of extrauterine life in approximately 265 days after conception, or, as generally calculated, 280 days after the first day of the menstrual period which immediately preceded pregnancy. There is some variation in this length of time, but over 75 per cent of all infants are delivered within two weeks of the expected date.