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Table 1.

Fractional excretion of electrolytes and urea over a 24 h period before(control) and post infusion of vasopressin

	Fractional excretion (%)
	Control	Post-infusion
Na⁺	0.091±0.018	0.328±0.034^{^*}
K⁺	2.7±0.3	4.3±0.3^{^*}
Cl⁻	0.167±0.038	0.452±0.058^{^*}
Urea	30.0±2.6	27.4±3.1

	Fractional excretion (%)
	Control	Post-infusion
Na⁺	0.091±0.018	0.328±0.034^{^*}
K⁺	2.7±0.3	4.3±0.3^{^*}
Cl⁻	0.167±0.038	0.452±0.058^{^*}
Urea	30.0±2.6	27.4±3.1

Values are means ± s.e.m.

See Materials and methods for details.

Significantly different (P<0.05) from control values.