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. 1932 Jul 31;56(2):255–265. doi: 10.1084/jem.56.2.255

THE DEGREE OF COMPENSATORY RENAL HYPERTROPHY FOLLOWING UNILATERAL NEPHRECTOMY

I. THE INFLUENCE OF AGE

E M MacKay 1, L L MacKay 1, T Addis 1
PMCID: PMC2132169  PMID: 19870064

Abstract

Compensatory hypertrophy of the kidney in albino rats becomes less as age advances. There is a rapid decrease from 5 days to 60 days of age and then a slow diminution throughout adult life.

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