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Reversal of convention: from man to experimental animal in elucidating the function of the renal amiloride-sensitive sodium channel.
Experimental nephrology - 1 Jan 2000
Hummler E
Abstract excerpt
The kidney plays a dominant role in maintaining sodium homeostasis. Despite wide variation in environmental exposure, the osmolality of the extracellular fluid that is determined by the sodium ion concentration is maintained within narrow margins. Derangement in function of proteins that transport Na+ and of those regulating the activity of these sodium-transporting proteins are likely to be responsible for a...
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