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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103188

PERSISTENCE AND UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL IRON FOR BLOOD FORMATION DURING INFANCY

Clement A. Smith, Ruth B. Cherry, Constantine J. Maletskos, John G. Gibson 2nd, Charles C. Roby, William L. Caton, and Duncan E. Reid

Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Boston Lying-in Hospital, Children's Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

Some of these data were reported at the Annual Meeting, American Pediatric Society, French Lick, Indiana, May 6, 1950.

2

Supported in part by research grants from the Committee on Growth, American Cancer Society, to the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and from the National Institutes of Health to Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also by the joint program of the Office of Naval Research and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (H.M.S. and M.I.T.)

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Boston Lying-in Hospital, Children's Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

Some of these data were reported at the Annual Meeting, American Pediatric Society, French Lick, Indiana, May 6, 1950.

2

Supported in part by research grants from the Committee on Growth, American Cancer Society, to the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and from the National Institutes of Health to Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also by the joint program of the Office of Naval Research and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (H.M.S. and M.I.T.)

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Boston Lying-in Hospital, Children's Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

Some of these data were reported at the Annual Meeting, American Pediatric Society, French Lick, Indiana, May 6, 1950.

2

Supported in part by research grants from the Committee on Growth, American Cancer Society, to the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and from the National Institutes of Health to Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also by the joint program of the Office of Naval Research and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (H.M.S. and M.I.T.)

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Boston Lying-in Hospital, Children's Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

Some of these data were reported at the Annual Meeting, American Pediatric Society, French Lick, Indiana, May 6, 1950.

2

Supported in part by research grants from the Committee on Growth, American Cancer Society, to the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and from the National Institutes of Health to Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also by the joint program of the Office of Naval Research and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (H.M.S. and M.I.T.)

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Boston Lying-in Hospital, Children's Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

Some of these data were reported at the Annual Meeting, American Pediatric Society, French Lick, Indiana, May 6, 1950.

2

Supported in part by research grants from the Committee on Growth, American Cancer Society, to the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and from the National Institutes of Health to Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also by the joint program of the Office of Naval Research and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (H.M.S. and M.I.T.)

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Boston Lying-in Hospital, Children's Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

Some of these data were reported at the Annual Meeting, American Pediatric Society, French Lick, Indiana, May 6, 1950.

2

Supported in part by research grants from the Committee on Growth, American Cancer Society, to the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and from the National Institutes of Health to Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also by the joint program of the Office of Naval Research and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (H.M.S. and M.I.T.)

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, The Radioactivity Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Boston Lying-in Hospital, Children's Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

Some of these data were reported at the Annual Meeting, American Pediatric Society, French Lick, Indiana, May 6, 1950.

2

Supported in part by research grants from the Committee on Growth, American Cancer Society, to the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and from the National Institutes of Health to Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also by the joint program of the Office of Naval Research and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (H.M.S. and M.I.T.)

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Published September 1, 1955 - More info

Published in Volume 34, Issue 9 on September 1, 1955
J Clin Invest. 1955;34(9):1391–1402. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103188.
© 1955 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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