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EATON M. MacKAY, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1932;50(4):590-594.

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In 1916, Addis1 introduced the determination of the ratio under certain standard conditions as a measure ofthe amount of functioning renal tissue. The adequacy of this ratio as measured under the standard conditions for this purpose was demonstrated in a number of ways. It is a reasonable measure of renal function;² the variation in "experimental nephritis" was found³ to agree well with the structural changes in the kidneys, and the compensatory renal hypertrophy as measured by the ratio coincided with the anatomic measurements.⁴ Lastly, it was shown⁵ that in rabbits there existed a linear relationship between the magnitude of the ratio and the weight of the kidneys, an observation since confirmed for the rat⁶ and the dog.⁷ Taylor, Drury and Addis⁵ found that in rabbits the kidney weight varied directly in proportion to the body surface and bore a more constant relation to this figure than to any . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Scripps Metabolic Clinic.

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