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To study the effect of the sympathetic nervous system on renal isoconverting enzyme activity (ICEA) previsously described, ICEA was measured following renal denervation and was found to be significantly lower in kidney cortex and in separated glomeruli.
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Dahlheim, H., Natcheff, N. Effect of kidney denervation on cortical iso-converting enzyme activity in the rat. Pflugers Arch. 393, 281–282 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00584084
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