in the only state discussed , in which the kidney is diseased and not merely responding to extrarenal reflexes -- i.e. , nephrotic syndrome -- intrarenal mechanisms may predominate and lead to expansion of the arterial vascular tree and suppression of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system ( i.e. , hypervolemic nephrotic syndrome ) .
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