Introduction to cell volume regulatory mechanisms

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 123, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-7

  Waldegger, Siegfried ^a   Matskevitch, Joulia ^a   Busch, Gillian L ^a   Lang, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETAINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; INOSITOL; ION CHANNEL; SORBITOL; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SIZE; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BETAINE; CELL SIZE; GLYCERYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; HUMANS; INOSITOL; ION CHANNELS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SORBITOL; TAURINE;

EID: 0032238285     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000059919     Document Type: Article

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