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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102805

EVIDENCE IN MAN THAT URINARY ELECTROLYTE LOSS INDUCED BY PITRESSIN IS A FUNCTION OF WATER RETENTION

Alexander Leaf, Frederic C. Bartter, Roberto F. Santos, and Oliver Wrong

Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, National Heart Institute, Baltimore, Md.

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Howard R. Hughes Fellow in Medicine.

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Senior Surgeon, United States Public Health Service. Present address: National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.

4

Kellogg Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Present address: Bahia, Brazil.

1

Supported by grants from the Milton Fund of Harvard University, the American Heart Association, and the Worcester Chapter of the Massachusetts Heart Association.

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Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, National Heart Institute, Baltimore, Md.

2

Howard R. Hughes Fellow in Medicine.

3

Senior Surgeon, United States Public Health Service. Present address: National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.

4

Kellogg Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Present address: Bahia, Brazil.

1

Supported by grants from the Milton Fund of Harvard University, the American Heart Association, and the Worcester Chapter of the Massachusetts Heart Association.

Find articles by Bartter, F. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, National Heart Institute, Baltimore, Md.

2

Howard R. Hughes Fellow in Medicine.

3

Senior Surgeon, United States Public Health Service. Present address: National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.

4

Kellogg Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Present address: Bahia, Brazil.

1

Supported by grants from the Milton Fund of Harvard University, the American Heart Association, and the Worcester Chapter of the Massachusetts Heart Association.

Find articles by Santos, R. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, National Heart Institute, Baltimore, Md.

2

Howard R. Hughes Fellow in Medicine.

3

Senior Surgeon, United States Public Health Service. Present address: National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.

4

Kellogg Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Present address: Bahia, Brazil.

1

Supported by grants from the Milton Fund of Harvard University, the American Heart Association, and the Worcester Chapter of the Massachusetts Heart Association.

Find articles by Wrong, O. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published September 1, 1953 - More info

Published in Volume 32, Issue 9 on September 1, 1953
J Clin Invest. 1953;32(9):868–878. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102805.
© 1953 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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