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Editorial
. 2022 Apr 30;11(9):2535.
doi: 10.3390/jcm11092535.

Pregnancy and Kidney Diseases: Multidisciplinary Follow-Up and the Vicious Circles Involving Pregnancy and CKD, Preeclampsia, Preterm Delivery and the Kidneys

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli  1 , Rossella Attini  2 , Massimo Torreggiani  1 , Gianfranca Cabiddu  3
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Pregnancy and Kidney Diseases: Multidisciplinary Follow-Up and the Vicious Circles Involving Pregnancy and CKD, Preeclampsia, Preterm Delivery and the Kidneys

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Thomas Addis, the father of nephrology, once wrote that a clinician is complex, "he is part craftsman, part practical scientist, and part historian" [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The vicious circle from the placenta to the kidney and from the kidney to the placenta. Adapted from [5]. PE: preeclampsia, AKI: acute kidney injury, CKD: chronic kidney disease.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The front page of the paper “The albuminuria of pregnancy and the kidney of pregnancy”, The Lancet, 23 December 1905 [3].
Figure 3
Figure 3
The vicious circle from small baby to complicated pregnancy and back to small baby. PE: preeclampsia, CKD: chronic kidney disease.
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