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The main functions of the kidneys are the regulation of the amount of water and dissolved ions in the body, the excretion of waste matter and the manufacture of erythropoietin, the hormone which regulates red cell synthesis (chapter 4).
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Horrobin, D.F. (1973). The kidneys and urinary tract. In: Essential Physiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2353-5_7
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