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Water-electrolyte balance in overmature fetuses
R I Aizman1, N G Elkova, S I Kolesnikov
1Department of Physiology, Pedagogical Institute, Novosibirsk, USSR.
Child Nephrology and Urology
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
The water and electrolyte contents of various fetal and maternal tissues were studied at the final stage of embryogeny and during prolonged pregnancy. The data indicate that the placenta in prolonged pregnancy can act as a depot organ for water and sodium.