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The influence of salt intake on glomerular count in compensatory kidney hypertrophy in rats of different ages

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Drinking saline instead of water elevated the glomerular count in hypertrophied kidneys of rats uninephrectomized as adults. No changes occurred in glomerular concentration in kideny tissue indicating a more marked increase of other kidney structures. This procedure was ineffective in immature animals.

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Kuneš, J., Karen, P., Čapek, K. et al. The influence of salt intake on glomerular count in compensatory kidney hypertrophy in rats of different ages. Experientia 32, 887–888 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02003748

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