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Review
. 2008 Jan 26;336(7637):211-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.652986.BE.

Chronic kidney disease in pregnancy

David Williams  1 , John Davison
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Review

Chronic kidney disease in pregnancy

David Williams et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Pregnant women with chronic renal disease adapt poorly to a gestational increase in renal blood flow. This may accelerate their decline in renal function and lead to a poor pregnancy outcome

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Physiological changes to the kidney during healthy pregnancy
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