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While a diet deficient in phosphorus has a protective effect against kidney deterioration in uraemic rats, this effect, in fact, is more closely related to the reduction of food intake than tho the phosphorus load itself, even though the latter influenced the pattern of the renal lesions.
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Acknowledgment. This work was in part supported by a grant from the Association pour l'Utilisation du Rein Artificiel (AURA, Paris).
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Laouari, D., Kleinknecht, C., Habib, R. et al. The roles of phosphorus deficiency and low food intake in the preservation of renal function in uraemic rats. Experientia 38, 681–682 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964093
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