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Mathematical Models of Membrane Transport Processes

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Physiology of Membrane Disorders

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The burgeoning interest in membrane research reflects the central role played by membranes in physiological processes, together with the fact that most of the important membrane transport problems remain unsolved. These unsolved problems are frequently based on complex molecular interactions which are poorly understood. One of the first tasks confronting an investigator is to separate out those portions of transport processes that can be adequately described in elementary terms, e. g., in terms of diffusion and osmosis.

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  1. Department of Physiology-Anatomy, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, California, USA

    Robert I. Macey

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  1. Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USA

    Thomas E. Andreoli M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Director, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics) (Professor of Medicine, Director, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics)

  2. Department of Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, USA

    Joseph F. Hoffman Ph.D. (Eugene Higgins Professor and Chairman) (Eugene Higgins Professor and Chairman)

  3. Division of Nephrology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA

    Darrell D. Fanestil M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Head) (Professor of Medicine, Head)

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Macey, R.I. (1978). Mathematical Models of Membrane Transport Processes. In: Andreoli, T.E., Hoffman, J.F., Fanestil, D.D. (eds) Physiology of Membrane Disorders. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3958-8_7

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