Body fluids and salt metabolism - Part I

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 36, 2009, Pages

  Bianchetti, Mario G ^a   Simonetti, Giacomo D ^b   Bettinelli, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

BLOOD OSMOLARITY; BODY FLUID; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

EID: 73649113829     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-36     Document Type: Review

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