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Why does the countercurrent mechanism fail to concentrate urine in diabetics?
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Osmotic diuresis: In diabetics within renal tubules there is high concentration of glucose which prevents absorption of water by osmotic mechanism preventing urine to concentrate and countercurrent mechanism not to work efficiently.
Answered 4/24/2014
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