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The effect of thyroid hormone on renin production and release by rat kidney slices

J H Hauger-Klevene, E De Vito, J C Fasciolo

    Acta Physiologica Latino Americana
    |January 1, 1977
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    thyroid hormone and reninrat kidney functionrenin release mechanismsin vitro hormone studies

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