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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI101940

THE ANEMIA OF INFECTION. VII. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FREE ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN, TOGETHER WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE MEANING OF THE “EASILY SPLIT-OFF” IRON

M. Grinstein, José A. Silva, and Maxwell M. Wintrobe

Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

2

On leave from the University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina.

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Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation, on leave from the Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.

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This study was carried out under a grant from the United States Public Health Service and was also supported by grants from the Upjohn Company and Parke, Davis and Company.

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Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

2

On leave from the University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina.

3

Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation, on leave from the Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.

1

This study was carried out under a grant from the United States Public Health Service and was also supported by grants from the Upjohn Company and Parke, Davis and Company.

Find articles by Silva, J. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

2

On leave from the University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina.

3

Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation, on leave from the Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.

1

This study was carried out under a grant from the United States Public Health Service and was also supported by grants from the Upjohn Company and Parke, Davis and Company.

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Published March 1, 1948 - More info

Published in Volume 27, Issue 2 on March 1, 1948
J Clin Invest. 1948;27(2):245–259. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI101940.
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