Summary
Body fluid volumes were determined by impedance measurements in several groups of patients. Boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy had decreased intracellular and extracellular fluid volumes. Patients with severe sequelae of poliomyelitis and with other severely disabling neurological diseases did not exhibit such profound alterations of their body fluid compartments.
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Die Volumina der Körperflüssigkeit wurden durch Widerstandsmessungen in verschiedenen Patientengruppen gemessen. Knaben mit einer Duchennschen Muskeldystrophie haben verminderte intra- und extrazelluläre Flüssigkeitsvolumina. Patienten mit schwerwiegenden Folgen einer Poliomyelitis und mit verschiedenen anderen invalidisierenden neurologischen Erkrankungen zeigen keine so tiefgreifenden Veränderungen in den Kompartimenten der Körperflüssigkeit.
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Souweine, G., Lenoir, J., Jenin, P. et al. Determination of body fluid compartments by impedance measurements: Differences in the repartition of water between Duchenne muscular dystrophy and some neurological diseases. J Neurol 226, 199–203 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313382
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