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. 2005 May;166(5):1295–1307. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)62349-8

Table 2.

Effect of Treatment with Various Dosages of RA at 9 Days 0 Hours on Kidney Development Assessed at E18

Dosage of RA (mg/kg body weight) 0 10 50 100 125
Number of litters examined 7 6 6 18 12
Number of fetuses that underwent resorption 1 6 8 17 11
(% total fetuses) (1) (7) (11) (9) (10)
Number of live fetuses 82 85 66 172 102
% Live fetuses with any renal malformation 0 9 68 88 100
 % Live fetuses with bilateral renal agenesis 0 0 20 66 100
 % Live fetuses with unilateral renal agenesis* 0 0 21 16 0
 % Live fetuses with nonagenesis renal malformations 0 9 27 6 0
*

Contralateral kidney either normal or with nonagenesis renal malformations. 

Bilateral or unilateral with contralateral kidney being normal.