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The hormone that helps increase the reabsorption of water from the kidney tubules.

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Vassopressin/antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is secreted by posterior pituitary gland and targets nephrons to increase water reabsorption from renal tubules and thereby decreasing water content in urine.

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