Childhood Kidney Diseases
- Volume 11 Issue 2
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- Pages.145-151
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- 2007
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- 2384-0242(pISSN)
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- 2384-0250(eISSN)
Urine Concentration and the Adaptation of Renal Medullary Cells to Hypertonicity
소변농축과 장력 스트레스에 대한 콩팥 수질 세포들의 적응
- Kim, Dong-Un (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
- 김동언 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실)
- Published : 2007.10.31
Abstract
Hypertonicity (hypernatremia) of extracellular fluid causes water movement out of cells, while hypotonicity(hyponatremia) causes water movement into cells, resulting in cellular shrinkage or cellular swelling, respectively. In most part of the body, the osmolality of extracellular fluid is maintained within narrow range(