mortality/aging
renal/urinary system
• absence of convoluted renal epithelia and glomeruli in the cortex
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• at P0
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• very limited nephrogenesis
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• reduced nephrogenic zone at E18.5
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• small papilla at E18.5
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• at P0
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• tubules are decreased in number, truncated and have barely discernible lumens
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• fewer proximal tubules
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