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Vitamin A closely modulates nephron endowment at birth. It is also required for the development of renal vasculature. Fetal vitamin A status may thus be responsible for most of the variations in nephron number found in the general population, and may play a major role in the intrauterine programming of chronic renal disease and hypertension.
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