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Since the functioning of the kidneys depends on filtration of the plasma, the blood flow to the kidneys is of obvious importance. How the blood flow and glomerular filtration rate are regulated is the subject of the second part of this chapter. First, the measurement of renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) will be considered.
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Barger, A. C. and Herd, J. A. (1973) Renal vascular anatomy and distribution of blood flow. In J. Orloff and R. W. Berliner (eds), Handbook of physiology 8, renal physiology, American Physiological Society, Washington, pp. 249–313
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Lote, C.J. (1994). Renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate. In: Principles of Renal Physiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6470-2_7
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