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red blood cell sodium/potassium passive permeability
This is a measurement of sodium and/or potassium ion efflux from erythrocytes in the presence of a sodium-potassium pump inhibitor (ouabain) and a sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter inhibitor (furosemide or bumetamide).