THE MECHANISM OF FORMATION OF OSMOTICALLY CONCENTRATED URINE DURING THE ANTIDIURETIC STATE 1

G. A. Zak, C. Brun, Homer W. Smith

Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1954 · 140 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

The present study is concerned with the opera- tion by which the kidney, during antidiuresis, conserves water for the body by elaborating a urine osmotically more concentrated than the blood.

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