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RENAL EXCRETION OF WATER AND SOLUTES DURING THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Author(s) -
Parboosingh J.,
Doig A.,
Michie E. A.
Publication year - 1973
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.1471-0528.1973.tb02960.x
Subject(s) - excretion , ovulation , menstrual cycle , endocrinology , urine , luteal phase , medicine , urea , potassium , chemistry , sodium , zoology , biology , hormone , biochemistry , organic chemistry
Summary Mean urine flow and the urinary excretion of total solute, sodium, potassium and urea were measured continuously throughout one menstrual cycle in nine healthy women on an unrestricted diet. The results obtained in the first and second halves of the cycle were compared in respect of 24 hour, day and night periods. The greatest differences occurred between the ovulatory and the early luteal phases, there being a significant increase after ovulation in mean 24 hour urine flow and the excretion of total solute, sodium and urea; mean night sodium excretion was disproportionately increased and was associated with an increase in night potassium excretion.