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THE work of Goormaghtigh1 in elaborating on and extending Ruyter's discovery2 of specialized cells in the renal arteriole, when taken along with Zimmerman's description3 of an aggregation of the cells in the adjacent distal tubule, which Zimmerman called the macula densa, has introduced new terms and concepts into the histology and pathology of the kidney. It has already been shown that the tubule and the glomerulus which are in such intimate contact at the glomerular root are parts of the one nephron, and that both structures—the arteriole and tubule—seem similarly affected in disease4. Because of these facts and since Goormaghtigh has described both tubule and vessels as being jointly affected in several experimental procedures, we had suggested the term juxta-glomerular complex to serve as an all-inclusive term for these structures forming the glomerular root.
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Ruyter, J. N. C., Z. Zellforsch., 2, 242 (1925).
Zimmerman, K. W., Z. Mikr. Anat. Forsch., 32, 176 (1933).
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MCMANUS, J. Apparent Reversal of Position of the Golgi Element in the Renal Tubule. Nature 152, 417 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152417a0
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