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Renal Physiology

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The story of renal physiology can well begin where the story of Harvey leaves off—with the introduction of the microscope, which extended the range of observation and discovery into realms undreamt of by the discoverer of the circulation.

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Fishman, A.P., Richards, D.W. (1982). Renal Physiology. In: Fishman, A.P., Richards, D.W. (eds) Circulation of the Blood. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7546-0_9

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