Body water distribution and disease.
The study of body water distribution between extra- and intra-cellular spaces has the potential to improve our knowledge on the mechanisms of disease. A major challenge is that of establishing whether commonly detected subclinical alterations of body water distribution have prognostic or clinical implications.
Bedogni
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Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Biostatistics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, I-41100, Modena, Italy. giorgiobedogni@libero.it
Borghi
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A
Battistini
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N
D001834:Body Water / Q000502:physiology*; D004194:Disease; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012016:Reference Values