Making sense of the sensor: Mysteries of the macula densa

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 828-830

  Blantz, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CELL VOLUME; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HENLE LOOP; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULE; MACULA DENSA; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSOR;

EID: 33747839080     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001739     Document Type: Note

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