Renal fusion in embryonic period

In the present communication we present eight human embryos, understood between the 16 and 30 mm., carrier of renal half fusion -kidney in horseshoe-. We carry out a descriptive study based on fifty embryos of these stadiums (Collection Jiménez Collado), in order to establish the different normodiff...

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Published inAnales de la Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, Madrid Vol. 122; no. 4; p. 685
Main Author Jiménez Collado, Juan
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 2005
Subjects
Humans
Kidney - abnormalities
Kidney - embryology
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Summary:In the present communication we present eight human embryos, understood between the 16 and 30 mm., carrier of renal half fusion -kidney in horseshoe-. We carry out a descriptive study based on fifty embryos of these stadiums (Collection Jiménez Collado), in order to establish the different normodifferenciative stadiums, as well as the possible schedule in which the malformation settles down, for finally to suggest possible mechanism-hypothesis that explain the presence of the renal half fusion.
ISSN:0034-0634