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THE MEASUREMENT OF EXTRACELLULAR FLUID VOLUME IN PREGNANCY WITH INULIN
Author(s) -
Robertson Euan G.,
Hytten F. E.,
Cheyne G. A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1970.tb03463.x
Subject(s) - inulin , extracellular fluid , extracellular , pregnancy , volume (thermodynamics) , obstetrics , medicine , physiology , chemistry , physics , biology , biochemistry , thermodynamics , genetics
Summary Extracellular fluid volume estimated serially during pregnancy by inulin in seven subjects showed large variations from time to time in the same subject. Practical and theoretical objections are advanced to the use of inulin as a tracer in pregnancy.