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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102642

PLASMA FIBRINOGEN AND THE SEDIMENTATION RATE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, AND THEIR RESPONSE TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CORTISONE AND ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)

A. A. Fletcher, J. A. Dauphinee, and M. A. Ogryzlo

Clinical Investigation Unit, Sunnybrook (D.V.A.) Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Department of Pathological Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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Clinical Investigation Unit, Sunnybrook (D.V.A.) Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Department of Pathological Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

2

Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society Fellow in Medicine.

1

This study was assisted by a grant-in-aid from the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society.

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

Clinical Investigation Unit, Sunnybrook (D.V.A.) Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Department of Pathological Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

2

Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society Fellow in Medicine.

1

This study was assisted by a grant-in-aid from the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society.

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Published June 1, 1952 - More info

Published in Volume 31, Issue 6 on June 1, 1952
J Clin Invest. 1952;31(6):561–571. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102642.
© 1952 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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