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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103172

STUDIES ON KETONE METABOLISM IN MAN. I. A METHOD FOR THE QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF SPLANCHNIC KETONE PRODUCTION

Emile E. Werk Jr., Harry T. McPherson, Ladd W. Hamrick Jr., Jack D. Myers, and Frank L. Engel

Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, N. C.

3

American Cancer Society Fellow, 1953-1954. Present address: Veterans Administration Hospital, 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.

4

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1954-1955.

5

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1952-1953.

1

Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Atlantic City, N. J., May 4, 1953, (J. Clin. Invest., 1953, 32, 610).

2

Supported in part by research grants from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service (A142) and from Merck and Company, Rahway, N. J.

Find articles by Werk, E. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, N. C.

3

American Cancer Society Fellow, 1953-1954. Present address: Veterans Administration Hospital, 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.

4

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1954-1955.

5

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1952-1953.

1

Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Atlantic City, N. J., May 4, 1953, (J. Clin. Invest., 1953, 32, 610).

2

Supported in part by research grants from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service (A142) and from Merck and Company, Rahway, N. J.

Find articles by McPherson, H. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, N. C.

3

American Cancer Society Fellow, 1953-1954. Present address: Veterans Administration Hospital, 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.

4

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1954-1955.

5

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1952-1953.

1

Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Atlantic City, N. J., May 4, 1953, (J. Clin. Invest., 1953, 32, 610).

2

Supported in part by research grants from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service (A142) and from Merck and Company, Rahway, N. J.

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

Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, N. C.

3

American Cancer Society Fellow, 1953-1954. Present address: Veterans Administration Hospital, 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.

4

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1954-1955.

5

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1952-1953.

1

Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Atlantic City, N. J., May 4, 1953, (J. Clin. Invest., 1953, 32, 610).

2

Supported in part by research grants from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service (A142) and from Merck and Company, Rahway, N. J.

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

Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, N. C.

3

American Cancer Society Fellow, 1953-1954. Present address: Veterans Administration Hospital, 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.

4

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1954-1955.

5

American College of Physicians Fellow, 1952-1953.

1

Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Atlantic City, N. J., May 4, 1953, (J. Clin. Invest., 1953, 32, 610).

2

Supported in part by research grants from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service (A142) and from Merck and Company, Rahway, N. J.

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

Published August 1, 1955 - More info

Published in Volume 34, Issue 8 on August 1, 1955
J Clin Invest. 1955;34(8):1256–1267. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103172.
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