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Disturbances in nitrogen balance are the hallmark of renal insufficiency. More sophisticated studies indicate that this is not simply a matter of balance. While failure to excrete adequate quantities may be the initiating event, a variety of adaptions and compensatory phenomena complicate the picture.
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Patel, H., Cohen, B.D. (1985). The Guanidine Cycle. In: Mori, A., Cohen, B.D., Lowenthal, A. (eds) Guanidines. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0752-6_14
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