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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102275

THE USE OF AN ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY. II. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

John P. Merrill, Stephen Smith III, Edmund J. Callahan III, and George W. Thorn

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

2

This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association.

1

This study was supported in part by the John H. Harris Research Fund and by the Medical-Surgical Research Fund of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

2

This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association.

1

This study was supported in part by the John H. Harris Research Fund and by the Medical-Surgical Research Fund of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

2

This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association.

1

This study was supported in part by the John H. Harris Research Fund and by the Medical-Surgical Research Fund of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

2

This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association.

1

This study was supported in part by the John H. Harris Research Fund and by the Medical-Surgical Research Fund of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

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Published April 1, 1950 - More info

Published in Volume 29, Issue 4 on April 1, 1950
J Clin Invest. 1950;29(4):425–438. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102275.
© 1950 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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