Population
Fetal sheep, fetal rats, and other species
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Review
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May caution against RAS blockade in pregnancy; leaves open fetal RAS role in human amniotic fluid regulation.
The fetal renin-angiotensin system is active during intra-uterine life and plays a crucial role in maintaining fetal glomerular filtration rate and amniotic fluid volume.
Eugenie R. Lumbers (1995) studied this question.
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