"Renal Plasma Flow" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The amount of PLASMA that perfuses the KIDNEYS per unit time, approximately 10% greater than effective renal plasma flow (RENAL PLASMA FLOW, EFFECTIVE). It should be differentiated from the RENAL BLOOD FLOW; (RBF), which refers to the total volume of BLOOD flowing through the renal vasculature, while the renal plasma flow refers to the rate of plasma flow (RPF).
| Descriptor ID |
D017595
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.852.725.740 G09.330.100.812.740
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