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Renal failure as the cause of death inTupaia belangeri exposed to persistent social stress

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. H. Autrum on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

I thank Mrs. M. Jaenicke for technical assistance, and Drs. R. Martin and C. Walther for the English translation of this paper and for their valuable comments.

This research was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Holst, D.v. Renal failure as the cause of death inTupaia belangeri exposed to persistent social stress. J. Comp. Physiol. 78, 236–273 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00697657

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