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Are You Pregnant or Planning a Pregnancy? How Pregnancy Affects the Kidneys and Vice Versa

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In this chapter we explain:

  • How to do a risk assessment when planning a pregnancy

  • How kidney function changes during pregnancy

  • How pregnancy can affect kidney disease

  • How kidney disease can affect the outcomes of a pregnancy

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  1. Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    Hugh C. Rayner & Mark E. Thomas

  2. Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    David V. Milford

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Rayner, H.C., Thomas, M.E., Milford, D.V. (2020). Are You Pregnant or Planning a Pregnancy? How Pregnancy Affects the Kidneys and Vice Versa. In: Understanding Kidney Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43027-6_7

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