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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI101997

THE BLOOD FLOW AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION OF THE HUMAN BRAIN IN DIABETIC ACIDOSIS AND COMA

Seymour S. Kety, B. David Polis, Carl S. Nadler, and Carl F. Schmidt

Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Metabolic Service, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia

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This work was supported by grants from the Committee on Research in Dementia Precox, founded by the Supreme Council, 33° Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U. S. A., and from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

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Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Metabolic Service, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia

1

This work was supported by grants from the Committee on Research in Dementia Precox, founded by the Supreme Council, 33° Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U. S. A., and from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

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Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Metabolic Service, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia

1

This work was supported by grants from the Committee on Research in Dementia Precox, founded by the Supreme Council, 33° Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U. S. A., and from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

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Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Metabolic Service, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia

1

This work was supported by grants from the Committee on Research in Dementia Precox, founded by the Supreme Council, 33° Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U. S. A., and from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

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Published July 1, 1948 - More info

Published in Volume 27, Issue 4 on July 1, 1948
J Clin Invest. 1948;27(4):500–510. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI101997.
© 1948 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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