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Effect of Starvation and of Adrenalectomy on Compensatory Hyperplasia of the Kidney

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COMPENSATORY hyperplasia of the kidney has frequently been used as a model for the investigation of regeneration. However, the effect of the intake of food on the mitotic response has not to my knowledge been commented on, and the effect of adrenalectomy is disputed1,2. Some observations made during a study of the control of compensatory hyperplasia seem interesting enough to justify a short report.

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    G. E. GREVILLE WILLIAMS

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WILLIAMS, G. Effect of Starvation and of Adrenalectomy on Compensatory Hyperplasia of the Kidney. Nature 196, 1221–1222 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961221a0

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