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Oligomeganephronia: Symptoms and Treatment

Definition

Oligomeganephronia is a congenital renal hypoplasia, showing a drastic reduction of the nephron numbers but with compensatory hypertrophy of individual nephrons (Foster, 1994).

Signs and Symptoms of Oligomeganephronia

Treatment of Oligomeganephronia






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References

Foster, S. V. & Hawkins, E. P. Deficient metanephric blastema – a cause of oligomeganephronia?
Pediatr Pathol, 1994, 14, 935–943.



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