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Is the Solitary Kidney a Privileged Kidney?
Author(s) -
STACKL W.,
HOFMANN E.,
MARBERGER M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1983.tb03348.x
Subject(s) - kidney , compensatory hypertrophy , renal function , medicine , ischemia , urology
Summary— In rabbits the renal function of solitary kidneys subjected to ischaemic damage was compared with that of kidneys damaged identically in the presence of a normal contralateral organ. In spite of compensatory hypertrophy of the solitary kidney, no improvement in its tolerance to ischaemia was observed. The solitary kidney is thus not a privileged kidney.