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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102557

STUDIES IN FAT METABOLISM. I. THE COLORIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF KETONE BODIES IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS

George D. Michaels, Sheldon Margen, Gerald Liebert, and Laurance W. Kinsell

Institute for Metabolic Research of the Highland Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, Cal.

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Damon Runyon Clinical Research Fellow, 1949 to present.

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This work is supported by grants from the Commercial Solvents Corporation and from the Armour Laboratories.

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Institute for Metabolic Research of the Highland Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, Cal.

2

Damon Runyon Clinical Research Fellow, 1949 to present.

1

This work is supported by grants from the Commercial Solvents Corporation and from the Armour Laboratories.

Find articles by Margen, S. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Institute for Metabolic Research of the Highland Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, Cal.

2

Damon Runyon Clinical Research Fellow, 1949 to present.

1

This work is supported by grants from the Commercial Solvents Corporation and from the Armour Laboratories.

Find articles by Liebert, G. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Institute for Metabolic Research of the Highland Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, Cal.

2

Damon Runyon Clinical Research Fellow, 1949 to present.

1

This work is supported by grants from the Commercial Solvents Corporation and from the Armour Laboratories.

Find articles by Kinsell, L. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published December 1, 1951 - More info

Published in Volume 30, Issue 12 on December 1, 1951
J Clin Invest. 1951;30(12):1483–1485. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102557.
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