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Micropuncture study of the mammalian urinary concentrating mechanism: Evidence for the countercurrent hypothesis.

GOTTSCHALK, Carl William (1922 – 1997) Wikipedia
MYLLE, Margaret

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Am. J. physiol., 196, 927-36. 1959 CE.

Proof that tubular fluid is first concentrated in the loop of Henle, then diluted in the ascending limb of the loop before its final concentration in the collecting ducts, as predicted by the countercurrent hypothesis.

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