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The association of uremic renal disease with hypertension and anemia has been clinically identifiable for some time. The kidney is known to play a significant role in the production or release, or both, of two substances: erythropoietin (ESF), a hormone active in regulating the production of red blood cells(1), and renal renin(2). Levels of both of these hormones, ESF and renal renin, may be altered significantly in the presence of uremic renal insuficiency(2–4).
This study was supported in part by USPHS Grant CA-07745 and the J. A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.
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Murphy, G.P., Mirand, E.A. (1972). Renin and Erythropoietin Levels in Uremic and Anephric Man. In: Urological Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1941-2_15
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