An inner medullary concentrating process actuated by renal pelvic/calyceal muscle contractions: Assessment and hypothesis

Nephron - Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Pinter, G G ^a,c   Shohet, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extravasated plasma albumin; Gibbs Donnan effect; Hyaluronan

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGEN; ION; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; WATER;

COLLOID; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PELVIS; MACROMOLECULE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSMOLALITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; KIDNEY PELVIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SERUM ALBUMIN; URINE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 67649852868     PISSN: 16602137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000228082     Document Type: Review

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