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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI101704

ESTIMATION OF BLOOD VOLUME FROM CHANGE IN BLOOD SPECIFIC GRAVITY FOLLOWING A PLASMA INFUSION

R. A. Phillips, A. Yeomans, V. P. Dole, L. E. Farr, D. D. Van Slyke, and David Hogan

Laboratory of the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

United States of America Typhus Commission Unit at the Cairo Fever Hospital

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Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve.

4

T/5, A.U.S.

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These studies were supported in part by a contract, recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

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This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the U. S. Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the writers and are not to be considered as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department.

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Laboratory of the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

United States of America Typhus Commission Unit at the Cairo Fever Hospital

3

Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve.

4

T/5, A.U.S.

1

These studies were supported in part by a contract, recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

2

This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the U. S. Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the writers and are not to be considered as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department.

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Laboratory of the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

United States of America Typhus Commission Unit at the Cairo Fever Hospital

3

Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve.

4

T/5, A.U.S.

1

These studies were supported in part by a contract, recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

2

This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the U. S. Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the writers and are not to be considered as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department.

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Laboratory of the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

United States of America Typhus Commission Unit at the Cairo Fever Hospital

3

Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve.

4

T/5, A.U.S.

1

These studies were supported in part by a contract, recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

2

This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the U. S. Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the writers and are not to be considered as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department.

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Laboratory of the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

United States of America Typhus Commission Unit at the Cairo Fever Hospital

3

Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve.

4

T/5, A.U.S.

1

These studies were supported in part by a contract, recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

2

This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the U. S. Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the writers and are not to be considered as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department.

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Laboratory of the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

United States of America Typhus Commission Unit at the Cairo Fever Hospital

3

Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve.

4

T/5, A.U.S.

1

These studies were supported in part by a contract, recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

2

This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the U. S. Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the writers and are not to be considered as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department.

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Published March 1, 1946 - More info

Published in Volume 25, Issue 2 on March 1, 1946
J Clin Invest. 1946;25(2):261–269. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI101704.
© 1946 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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