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The nephron of swiftlet - an ultrastructural study by Lokman Hakim, Nur Liyana

“…It has been reported that the structural organization of the swiftlet nephron resembled that of the reptilian which was “loopless” – absence of the descending and ascending limbs of the loop of Henle. Being loopless and with a large cortex occupied mainly by the proximal tubules it is hypothesized that the swiftlet’s nephron is structurally simple but functionally efficient. …”
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