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| Nephron
Number is Variable and |
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| Declines with
Age |
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| A Simple
Experiment: |
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| Count the number
of |
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| nephrons at
autopsy. |
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| Data: 2-3
fold variation at |
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| any age of
patient; decline |
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| in nephron number
with |
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| age. |
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