Renal responses to amino acids in the sheep fetus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 39-6, 1996, Pages

  Woods, Lori L ^a,b   Hohimer, A Roger ^a   Davis, Lowell E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dietary protein; glomerular filtration rate; kidney; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID MIXTURE; CHLORIDE ION; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS MONITORING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SHEEP; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0029820705     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.6.r1226     Document Type: Article

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