Abraham Ratna Joseph Nayakanti, Srinivasan KR, Subhadra Devi Velichety
In order to find and prevent the unknown pathologies of kidneys in infants, there is a necessity to examine the fetal growth of kidneys in utero. As a part of this a study was conducted, 50 dead fetuses were collected among which 30 are male and 20 are female. The weight, length, breath of their kidneys is calculated with related to their each gestational age. It was found that male fetal kidneys increased in size and weighed more than female. The morphological parameters of fetal kidneys are tabulated or better understanding. Bilateral Renal agenesis and poly cystic kidney disease are the most common renal anomalies in new born infants. It is difficult to treat these conditions and lot of infants ended up with death. We concluded that, decrease or increase in fetal kidney dimensions in utero, may have various fatal pathologies in infants after birth.
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