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Sodium salts are the main osmotically active solutes of the extracellular fluid (ECF). Thus, since body fluid osmolality is regulated by osmoreceptors and ADH release, if the extracellular fluid sodium content changes, then ECF volume will also change (Figure 9.1).
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Lote, C. (2000). Regulation of body fluid volume. In: Principles of Renal Physiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4086-7_9
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