Renal duality, hypotheses concerning the release mechanism of a compensating hyperfunction.
In this study, after having formed the hypothesis of the existence of a "Compensating Center" (cerebral?) that orders the increase in the function of one kidney in case of deterioration of its congener, we propose two mechanisms that may lead to the activation of this Center. The first may be the difference between the sum of the existing functions of the two kidneys and the total normal function; the second, the difference between the arithmetic or quadratic averages of the existing total functions and the arithmetic or quadratic (identical at this time) normal average.
Collard
M
M
Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon.
D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008954:Models, Biological