Osmosis, osmometry, and osmoregulation

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 880, 1999, Pages 67-73

  Lord, R C C ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colligative properties; Homeostasis; Osmolality; Osmolarity

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; OSMOLALITY; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHARMACY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; RELATIVE DENSITY; REVIEW; SERUM OSMOLALITY; URINE; URINE OSMOLALITY; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0032947065     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.880.67     Document Type: Review

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