Some teaching tips on the mechanisms of urinary concentration and dilution: Countercurrent multiplication be damned

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Katz, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Loop of Henle; Urea; Urine; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DILUTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 0032467447     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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